{"product_id":"the-new-faces-of-christianity-believing-the-bible-in-the-global-south-9780195368512","title":"The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South","description":"Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, Philip Jenkins' phenomenally successful \u003cem\u003eThe Next Christendom\u003c\/em\u003e permanently changed the way people think about Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity\u003cbr\u003ein the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future. The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a Biblical faith. Indeed, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament--an agricultural world very much like their own, \u003cbr\u003emarked by famine and plague, poverty and exile. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places--such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan--Christians are persecuted just as early Christians were. Thus the Bible speaks to them with a\u003cbr\u003evividness and authenticity unavailable to most believers in the industrialized North. More important, Jenkins shows that throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are\u003cbr\u003edistinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of\u003cbr\u003eliberation movements. Anyone interested in the implications of these trends for the major denominations, for Muslim-Christian conflict, and for global politics will find \u003cem\u003eThe New Faces of Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e provocative and incisive--and indispensable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195368512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Jenkins, \u003c\/strong\u003eone of the world's leading religion scholars joined Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion as Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHe has published widely on contemporary religious phenomena, but is best known for the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e. The book served as the basis for a highly influential cover story for \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, also written by Jenkins, which garnered widespread media attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39930768097395,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6e76e465-87d7-4eb1-8639-c083273a48ee.jpg?v=1647699334","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-new-faces-of-christianity-believing-the-bible-in-the-global-south-9780195368512","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}