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<p><P>Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by <b>USA Today</b>, Philip Jenkins's phenomenally successful <b>The Next Christendom</b> permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center of gravity was moving inexorably southward, to the point that Africa may soon be home to the world's largest Christian populations. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future.<br> The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a biblical faith. Indeed, in the global South, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament&#151;an agricultural world very much like their own, marked by famine and plague, poverty and exile, until very recently a society of peasants, farmers, and small craftsmen. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places&#151;such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan&#151;Christians are persecuted just as early Christians w

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Author

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199839858

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History

Rating

3.76 / 5 (121 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14