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The World Christian Encyclopedia, now in its 3rd edition, documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. It records the continued shift of Christianity to the Global South and contains estimates for religious and nonreligious affiliation in every country of the world, including detail on Christianity to the denominational level. This reference work features comprehensive descriptions of all Christian traditions, including current information on the uniqueness of Christian experiences around the world.
World Christian Encyclopedia
by M. Johnson, Todd; Zurlo, GinaEdition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2020-03-01
Publisher(s): Edinburgh University Press
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Author Biography
Todd M. Johnson is Associate Professor of Global Christianity and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston, MA. Johnson is Associate Faculty at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs leading a research project on international religious demography. He has published encyclopedias, atlases, databases, monographs, and scholarly articles on counting religionists around the world.
Gina Zurlo is Assistant Director at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Research Associate at the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. She was the project manager, researcher, and editor of The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) and served as the Senior Editorial Assistant on the Atlas of Global Christianity (EUP, 2009).
Table of Contents
Preface
Authors & editors
Introduction
Foreword
Global summary
An overview of World Christianity
World Christianity, 1900-2050
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Northern America
Oceania
Christian traditions
Catholics
Protestants
Independents
Orthodox
Evangelicals
Pentecostals/charismatics
Women
Religion
Peoples and places
Mission
Countries
Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Tables
Christians by Global North/South
Religion
Religion by continent
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Northern America
Oceania
Christian traditions
Catholics
Independents
Orthodox
Protestants
Pentecostals/Charismatics
Evangelicals
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