Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion

Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. * A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history * Offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues * Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religion * Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical process * Contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts in world Christianity [Språk: Engelska] Häftad

Titel: Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion
Förlag: Wiley-Blackwell