The world's Christians : who they are, where they are, and how they got there /
Jacobsen, Douglas G. 1951-
The world's Christians : who they are, where they are, and how they got there / Douglas Jacobsen. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 399p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781405188890 (hardback : alk. paper) 1405188898 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781405188876 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405188871 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010049301
Christianity.
BR121.3 / .J33 2011
The world's Christians : who they are, where they are, and how they got there / Douglas Jacobsen. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 399p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781405188890 (hardback : alk. paper) 1405188898 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781405188876 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405188871 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010049301
Christianity.
BR121.3 / .J33 2011