The world's Christians : who they are, where they are, and how they got there / Douglas Jacobsen.

Author/creator Jacobsen, Douglas G., 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Descriptionxv, 399 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The Orthodox tradition -- The Catholic tradition -- The Protestant tradition -- The Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition -- The Middle East and North Africa : barely surviving -- Eastern Europe : nationalism and new mission -- Central and South Asia : confidence and complexity -- Western Europe : thin, but alive -- Sub-Saharan Africa : hope and despair -- East Asia : piety and politics -- Latin America : after monopoly -- North America : faith in a free market -- Oceania : experiments in identity -- The ancient tradition, beginnings to 500 -- The great division and the age of the East, 500-1000 -- The rise of the West and decline of the East, 1000-1500 -- Christianity in a global era, 1500 to the present.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010049301
ISBN9781405188876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1405188871
ISBN9781405188890 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1405188898 (hardback : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BR121.3 .J33 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold