05387cam a2200709Ia 4500 ocn104835471 OCoLC 20200709055136.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 070330s2006 enk ob 001 0 eng d 2006015490 N$T eng pn N$T YDXCP OCLCQ N$T OCLCQ VLB QE2 IDEBK MERUC CCO E7B MT4IT DKDLA NNM OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCF OCLCQ NLGGC OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ AZK CNNLC 013522138 Uk 144618775 154671738 252672773 437115704 455977134 473720462 560277348 609831653 613362428 648134057 722541302 756596943 756883626 814481490 819513577 821699260 888570854 961646491 962616424 9780198041160 (electronic bk.) 0198041160 (electronic bk.) 0195300653 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780195300659 1280846186 9781280846182 186501 (N$T) (OCoLC)104835471 (OCoLC)144618775 (OCoLC)154671738 (OCoLC)252672773 (OCoLC)437115704 (OCoLC)455977134 (OCoLC)473720462 (OCoLC)560277348 (OCoLC)609831653 (OCoLC)613362428 (OCoLC)648134057 (OCoLC)722541302 (OCoLC)756596943 (OCoLC)756883626 (OCoLC)814481490 (OCoLC)819513577 (OCoLC)821699260 (OCoLC)888570854 (OCoLC)961646491 (OCoLC)962616424 BR121.3 .J45 2006eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh HRB bicssc 270.8/3 22 MAIN Jenkins, Philip, 1952- The new faces of Christianity : believing the Bible in the global south / Philip Jenkins. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (x, 252 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-238) and indexes. Christianity is growing so rapidly in the global South that soon Africa may be home to the world's largest Christian population. But what sort of Christianity will that be? In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christians live in settings very close to the social, cultural, and intellectual milieu in which the New Testament itself was written. For this reason, Philip Jenkins argues, they read the Scriptures with a freshness and authenticity impossible in the prosperous societies of North America and Europe. At first sight, the rising Christianity of the global South appears fundamentalist and deeply conservative. But at the same time these new Christians draw conclusions from scripture that are innovative, creative, and socially liberating, in their impact on social structures and gender relations. In fact, this Biblical enthusiasm is embraced by exactly those groups often portrayed as the victims of reactionary religion, particularly women, and a Biblically-rooted Christian feminism enjoys growing influence. Their fundamentalism does not deny or defy modernity, instead the Bible supplies a tool to cope with modernity, and to assist the most marginalized members of society. This, says Jenkins, is precisely the reason for Christianity's explosive growth. Many Southern churches take very seriously the supernatural world-view that pervades the Christian scriptures, with the recurrent themes of demons, possession, exorcism and spiritual healing. Yet readings that appear intellectually reactionary encourage believers to engage in far-reaching social activism. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, churches seek both deliverance and liberation--deliverance from evil supernatural forces, and liberation from oppressive worldly structures. Such examples challenge our conventional division of religion into conservative and liberal forms, and make nonsense of our concepts of "fundamentalism."--Publisher description. Shall the fundamentalists win? -- Power in the book -- Old and new -- Poor and rich -- Good and evil -- Persecution and vindication -- Women and men -- North and south. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Christianity Forecasting. Christianity and culture. Christianity. Christianity and culture. RELIGION Christian Church History. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh Christianity and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00859660 Christianity Forecasting. fast (OCoLC)fst00859617 Electronic books. Print version: Jenkins, Philip, 1952- New faces of Christianity. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195300653 9780195300659 (DLC) 2006015490 (OCoLC)69013265 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=186501 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL430973 ebrary EBRY ebr10160623 EBSCOhost EBSC 186501 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 84618 YBP Library Services YANK 2876239 YBP Library Services YANK 2540559 92 N$T 49093 49093