World Christianity

World Christianity is a term that attempts to convey the global nature of the Christian religion. In the Western world, the term often conveys a notion of “non-Western Christianity” which “comprises (usually the exotic) instances of Christian faith in ‘the global South’, in Asia, Africa and Latin America”[1] but, at times, also includes diasporic forms in Western Europe and North America.

Some notable figures in the academic study of world Christianity include:

References

  1. Kim, Sebastian; Kim, Kirsteen (2008). Christianity as a World Religion. London: Continuum. p. 2.
  2. Akinade, Akintunde E., ed. (2010). A New Day: Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh. New York: Peter Lang.
  3. "Staff Profiles". School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. Burrows, William R.; Gornik, Mark R.; McLean, Janice A., eds. (2011). Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.

See also

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