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To whom does Christianity belong? : critical issues in world Christianity / Dyron B. Daughrity.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding world Christianity series | Understanding world ChristianityPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, [2015]Copyright date: ♭2015Description: xxii, 302 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781451472271 (pbk)
  • 1451472277
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230 Dau 2015  23
LOC classification:
  • BT77 .D26 2015
Contents:
To whom does Christianity belong? -- What is Christianity, anyway? -- The new Church -- Jesus -- The Holy Ghost -- Afterlife -- Rome -- Protesters -- Secularization -- Missions and migration -- Marriage and sexuality -- Women -- Music -- Conclusion.
Summary: To Whom Does Christianity Belong? is a question that is asked throughout the world today. In this exciting volume, an anchor to the Understanding World Christianity series, Dyron B. Daughrity helps readers map out the major changes that have taken place in recent years in the world's largest religion. By comparing trends, analyzing global Christian movements, and tracing the impact of Pentecostalism, interreligious dialogue, global missions, sexuality, birth rates, women, secularization, and migratory trends, Daughrity sketches a picture of a changing religion and gives the tools needed to understand it. From discussions of sexuality and afterlife to contemporary Christian music and secularization, this book gives a global perspective on what is happening within Christianity today. -- Back cover.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 230 Dau 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16838

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index.

To whom does Christianity belong? -- What is Christianity, anyway? -- The new Church -- Jesus -- The Holy Ghost -- Afterlife -- Rome -- Protesters -- Secularization -- Missions and migration -- Marriage and sexuality -- Women -- Music -- Conclusion.

To Whom Does Christianity Belong? is a question that is asked throughout the world today. In this exciting volume, an anchor to the Understanding World Christianity series, Dyron B. Daughrity helps readers map out the major changes that have taken place in recent years in the world's largest religion. By comparing trends, analyzing global Christian movements, and tracing the impact of Pentecostalism, interreligious dialogue, global missions, sexuality, birth rates, women, secularization, and migratory trends, Daughrity sketches a picture of a changing religion and gives the tools needed to understand it. From discussions of sexuality and afterlife to contemporary Christian music and secularization, this book gives a global perspective on what is happening within Christianity today. -- Back cover.

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