The World Christian Encyclopedia, now in its 3rd edition, documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. It records the continued shift of Christianity to the Global South and contains estimates for religious and nonreligious affiliation in every country of the world, including detail on Christianity to the denominational level. This reference work features comprehensive descriptions of all Christian traditions, including current information on the uniqueness of Christian experiences around the world.
Here is the completely updated and greatly expanded new edition of a classic reference source--the comprehensive overview of the world's largest religion in all its many versions and in both...
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
This valuable resource is a global overview of world Christianity that analyzes, interprets, and evaluates the country-by-country data reported in the 2001 World Christian Encyclopedia. This "third volume" still stands on its own.
Maps and essays explore the status of Christianity today, looking at major traditions, Christianity in different continents and regions, Christianity by peoples and language groups, missionary work, and evangelism.
He is the mediator in a more formal sense ( by his sacrificial death ) and is also Jehovah's regent . BOTTING and G. N. A. BOTTING , The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses ( Toronto , 1984 ) • A. Holden , Jehovah's Witnesses ...
Based on the acclaimed two-volume Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), and now available for students, faculty, and clergy in a concise single-volume format An outstanding reference work providing an ...
This invaluable new work will appeal to both academic and ecclesiastical groups, and represents a major resource for anyone interested in exploring the full breadth of topics surrounding the Eastern Christian world.
Second , as the self is connected to understandings of ritual ( Flanagan 1996b ) , issues of authenticity will emerge in ... J. Huizinga , Homo Ludens ( London : Routledge , 1949 ) ; G. Lewis , Day of Shining Red ( Cambridge : Cambridge ...
Exploration of the Bible's theology is ever-changing.
There are numerous reference volumes dealing with Christianity. Remarkably, however, until now there has been no one-volume encyclopedia dedicated Christianity on a global scale. This exhaustive work presupposes no...