Relocating world Christianity : : interdisciplinary studies in universal and local expressions of the Christian faith / / edited by Joel Cabrita, David Maxwell, Emma Wild-Wood.

• Superior document: Theology and Mission in World Christianity, Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Cabrita, Joel, 1980-; Maxwell, David,; Wild-Wood, Emma,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Theology and mission in world Christianity ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (361 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes index.

Existing scholarship on World Christianities tends to privilege the local and the regional. In addition to offering an explanation for this tendency, the editors and contributors of this volume also offer a new perspective. An Introduction, Afterword and case-studies argue for the importance of transregional connections in the study of Christianity worldwide. Returning to an older post-war conception of ‘World Christianity’ as an international, ecumenical fellowship, the present volume aims to highlight the universalist, globalising aspirations of many Christians worldwide. While we do not neglect the importance of the local, our aim is to give due weight to the significant transregional networks and exchanges that have constituted Christian communities, both historically and in the present day. Contributors are: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Naures Atto, Joel Cabrita, Pedro Feitoza, David C. Kirkpatrick, Chandra Mallampalli, David Maxwell, Dorottya Nagy, Peter C. Phan, Andrew Preston, Joel Robbins, Chloe Starr, Charlotte Walker-Said, Emma Wild-Wood.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Joel Cabrita , David Maxwell and Emma Wild-Wood -- Relocating World Christianity / Joel Cabrita and David Maxwell -- Historical Perspectives on Christianity Worldwide: Connections, Comparisons and Consciousness / David Maxwell -- British Missions and the Making of a Brazilian Protestant Public / Pedro Feitoza -- Parachurch Competition in the Latin American Religious Marketplace: Scriptural Inerrancy and the Reshaping of Global Protestant Evangelicalism / David C. Kirkpatrick -- Doing Theology in World Christianities: Old Tasks, New Ways / Peter C. Phan -- World Christianity as a Theological Approach: A Reflection on Central and Eastern Europe / Dorottya Nagy -- The Orientalist Framework of Christian Conversion in India: Three Venues of ‘Inducement’ from Colonial Times to the Present / Chandra Mallampalli -- Christian Social Movements in Cameroon at the End of Empire: Transnational Solidarities and the Communion of the World Church / Charlotte Walker-Said -- Maintaining Faith in the Chinese World / Chloë Starr -- Anthropological Perspectives on World Christianity / Joel Robbins -- Defender of the Faith: The United States and World Christianity / Andrew Preston -- The Death Throes of Indigenous Christians in the Middle East: Assyrians Living under the Islamic State / Naures Atto -- Symbolising Charismatic Influence: Contemporary African Pentecostalism and Its Global Aspirations / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Relocating Unity and Theology in the Study of World Christianity / Emma Wild-Wood -- Index / Joel Cabrita , David Maxwell and Emma Wild-Wood.