The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity

<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p>
<p>Abbreviations xxi</p>
<p>1 Introduction 1<br />Lamin Sanneh and Michael J. McClymond</p>
<p>I. Historical Section 19</p>
<p>A. The Roots (50 1750 ce)</p>
<p>2 Jewish and Hellenic Worlds and Christian Origins 21<br />John J. Collins</p>
<p>3 The Triumph of Hellenization in Early Christianity 32<br />Wendy Elgersma Helleman</p>
<p>4 Ancient Eastern Christianity: Syria, Persia, Central Asia, and India 43<br />Scott W. Sunquist</p>
<p>5 Christianity and the European Conversions 54<br />Tom&aacute;s O Sullivan</p>
<p>6 Byzantium and Islam in the Mediterranean World 67<br />James C. Skedros</p>
<p>7 The Medieval Synthesis: Religion, Society, and Culture 78<br />Joseph P. Huffmann</p>
<p>8 Early Modern Missions and Maritime Expansion 96<br />Felipe Fernandez–Armesto</p>
<p>9 Bibles, Printing, Books, Churches 107<br />Lori Ferrell</p>
<p>10 The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation 119<br />Jeffrey Klaiber</p>
<p>B. Issues in the Modern Period (1750 2000 ce) 129<br /><br />11 The Legacy of Christendom 131<br />Philip Jenkins</p>
<p>12 Slavery, Antislavery, and Christianity: Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean 142<br />Christopher Schmidt–Nowara</p>
<p>13 Medicine, Agriculture, and Technology in the Missionary Enterprise 153<br />Christopher H. Grundmann</p>
<p>14 Schools and Education in the Missionary Enterprise 166<br />Norman Etherington</p>
<p>15 Conversion, Converts, and National Identity 176<br />J. Kwabena Asamoah–Gyadu</p>
<p>16 Church and State Relations in the Colonial Period 190<br />Brian Stanley</p>
<p>17 Ideologies, the Quest for a Just Society, and Christian Responses 200<br />Govert Buijs</p>
<p>18 The Ecumenical Movement: Why Violence, Why Not Peace? 218<br />Jan van Butselaar</p>
<p>19 Vatican II: Renewal, Accommodation, Inculturation 231<br />Peter C. Phan</p>
<p>20 Christian Revival and Renewal Movements 244<br />Michael J. McClymond</p>
<p>II. Thematic Section 263</p>
<p>21 Bible Translation, Culture, and Religion 265<br />Lamin Sanneh</p>
<p>22 Christianity and Interreligious Encounters 282<br />Martin Ganeri</p>
<p>23 Women in Church, State, and Society 302<br />Angelyn Dries</p>
<p>24 Worship, Liturgy, Sacraments 318<br />Geoffrey Wainwright</p>
<p>25 Freedom, Persecution, and the Status of Christian Minorities 330<br />John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green</p>
<p>26 Christianity and Western Classical Music (1700 2000) 350<br />David Martin</p>
<p>27 Music in the Newer Churches 359<br />Brian Schrag</p>
<p>28 Visual Arts in World Christianity 368<br />Volker K&uuml;ster</p>
<p>29 Church Architecture Worldwide since 1800 386<br />David R. Bains</p>
<p>30 Charismatic Gifts: Healing, Tongue–Speaking, Prophecy, and Exorcism 399<br />Michael J. McClymond</p>
<p>31 Changing Uses of Old and New Media in World Christianity 419<br />Jolyon Mitchell and Jeremy Kidwell</p>
<p>32 Global Evangelical and Pentecostal Politics 432<br />Paul Freston</p>
<p>III. Christianity Since 1800: An Analysis by Regions and Traditions 449</p>
<p>33 The Middle East and North Africa, I: Egypt and North Africa 451<br />George Berbary</p>
<p>34 The Middle East and North Africa, II: Christians in the Ottoman Empire and in Bilad al–Sham 458<br />Souad Slim</p>
<p>35 African Christianity: Historical and Thematic Horizons 468<br />Lamin Sanneh</p>
<p>36 Christianity in Western Europe 488<br />Simon Coleman</p>
<p>37 Russia and Eastern Europe 500<br />Scott M. Kenworthy</p>
<p>38 Latin America and the Caribbean 511<br />Stephen Dove</p>
<p>39 North America 523<br />Amanda Porterfield</p>
<p>40 South Asia 535<br />Chandra Mallampalli</p>
<p>41 China 546<br />Daniel H. Bays</p>
<p>42 Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia 561<br />J. Nelson Jennings, Yong Kyu Park, and Antolin V. Uy</p>
<p>43 Christianity in Australia and Oceania (ca. 1800 2000) 575<br />Stuart Piggin and Peter Lineham</p>
<p>44 The Historical Development of Christianity in Oceania 588<br />Manfred Ernst and Anna Anisi</p>
<p>45 Roman Catholicism since 1800 605<br />Thomas P. Rausch</p>
<p>46 Orthodoxy and Eastern Christianity 617<br />John A. McGuckin</p>
<p>47 Anglicanism 628<br />Kevin Ward</p>
<p>48 Protestantism 641<br />Alister McGrath</p>
<p>49 Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 653<br />Allan H. Anderson</p>
<p>50 Indigenous and Vernacular Christianity 664<br />Mich&egrave;le Miller Sigg, Eva M. Pascal, and Gina A. Zurlo</p>
<p>IV. Expansion and Secularization: A Demographic and Statistical Analysis 683</p>
<p>51 The Transmission of Christian Faith: A Reflection 685<br />Andrew Walls</p>
<p>52 The Demographics and Dynamics of the World Christian Movement 699<br />Todd M. Johnson</p>
<p>53 Christianity in Europe and North America: Decline, Transition, or Pluralization? 719<br />David Martin</p>
<p>Index 733</p>