Bibliograph

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

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Main title

The world's Christians

Oclc number

682895157

Responsibility statement

Douglas Jacobsen

Sub title

who they are, where they are, and how they got there

Table Of 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-Sahara 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

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