Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion

ISBN: 978-0-631-23619-1

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232 pages

March 2009, Wiley-Blackwell

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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