World Christianity : : Methodological Considerations / / Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy.

• Superior document: Theology and Mission in World Christianity Series ; Volume 19
• VerfasserIn: Frederiks, Martha Theodora, 1965-; Nagy, Dorottya,
• TeilnehmendeR: Nagy, Dorottya,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Theology and mission in world Christianity ; Volume 19.
• Physical Description: 305 sider
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: World Christianity; Notes on Contributors --; Introduction /; World Christianity: Contours of an Approach /; Recalling the Term 'World Christianity': Excursions into Worldings of Literature, Philosophy, and History /; Decoloniality and Interculturality in World Christianity: A Latin American Perspective /; The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in Africa /; Methodological Reflections on the Study of Chinese Christianities /; Interfaith Relations within the Emerging Field of World Christianity /; Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological Reflections /; Interreligious Dialogue: A Case Study Approach in Respect to the Vatican and the World Council of Churches /; Conquering Rome: Constructing a Global Christianity in the Face of Terror. A Case Study into the Representations of the Beheading of Twenty-One Migrant Workers in January 2015 /; Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity in Contemporary Nigeria: Methodological Reflections for World Christianity /; Augustine's Approach to Heresies as an Aid to Understanding His Ideas on Interaction between Christian Traditions /; The Rise of 'New Generation' Churches in Kerala Christianity /; Methodological Considerations: Convergences /; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004444866
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy.

"World Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn. In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, theology, and patristics) as well as of multiple cultural and national belongings investigate methodological issues (e.g. methods, use of sources, choosing a unit of analysis, terminology, conceptual categories,) relevant to World Christianity debates. In a closing chapter the editors Frederiks and Nagy converge the findings and sketch the outlines of what they coin as a 'World Christianity approach', a multidisciplinary and multiple perspective approach to study Christianity/ies' plurality and diversity in past and present"--