The globalization of Christianity
Subtitle: implications for Christian ministry and theology
By: edited by Gordon L. Heath and Steven M. Studebaker
Series: McMaster Divinity College Press theological studies series -- 6; Theological studies series -- v. 6.
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781625648013
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Globalization; Christianity; Theology
Description: While Christianity appears to be in decline in the West it is growing robustly in the global South. What does this mean for the Christianity that was once considered to be the religion of the West? The new contexts and trajectories require innovative responses and relevant theological reflection in the church. This volume addresses these changes through identifying and analyzing global shifts, highlighting practical innovations in the church that attempt to deal with new trajectories, and proposing theological positions intended to help face the issues and challenges of the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Globalization, christendom, theology, ministry, and mission  -- Steven M. Studebaker and Bradley K. Broadhead; title: Changes and trends in global Christianity  -- Philip Jenkins; title: New models of ministry in Canada as a response to the decline of Western Christianity  -- Lee Beach; title: Servants of Christ, servants of Caesar: a theology for life in post-Christian America  -- Steven M. Studebaker; title: Cross-cultural preaching: proclaiming a global faith  -- Michael P. Knowles; title: Soaking prayer and the advancement of the kingdom of love: charismatic renewal as mission  -- Peter Althouse and Michael Wilkinson; title: "Thor and Allah ... in a hideous, unholy confederacy": the Armenian genocide in the Canadian Protestant press  -- Gordon L. Heath; title: A theology of persecution and martyrdom: an example in globalizing theology  -- Christof Sauer; title: Global Christianity: eyewitness reflections from Iraq, Kenya, and South Korea -- John Haitham Issak, David Kirwa Tarus, Seongho Kang.