How to study global Christianity : a short guide for students / / Jason Bruner

• Autore: Bruner Jason
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (150 pages)
• Disciplina: 230
• Soggetto topico: Christianity; Christian life
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What Is Global Christianity? -- Is There One Christianity? -- Where, Exactly, Is Global Christianity? -- Structure of This Book -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Part I: Methods -- Chapter 2: History -- Archives -- Local Literature and Oral Histories -- Analyzing Missionary Sources -- Challenges to Writing Global Christian History -- Advice for Visiting Archives -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3: Ethnography -- Ethnography, Missions, and Christianity -- Christianity and Anthropology -- Getting Started in Ethnographic Research -- Suggestions for Starting to Work Ethnographically -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 4: Theology -- Historical Theology -- Ecumenism -- Belief -- Studying Theology in a Global Context -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5: Demography -- Christians and the History of Quantification -- Methods and Sources for Demography -- Databases -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Part II: Themes -- Chapter 6: Agency -- Defining "Agency" -- Agency and Colonialism -- Power and Agency -- Implications -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 7: Mission -- What Is Mission? Who Is a Missionary? -- Mission and Imperialism -- Non-Westerners as Missionaries -- Mission in a Polycentric World -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 8: Conversion -- Socio-Economic Factors in Conversion -- Continuity -- Discontinuity -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 9: Gender and Sexuality -- Missionaries and Men in the Study of Global Christianity -- Women and Missions -- Global Christianity as a Women's Movement -- Sexuality and Gender in Contemporary Global Christianity -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 10: Translation -- Language, Texts, and Religion -- Language, Empire, and Colonialism. ; Texts and Translation -- Problems with Translation -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 11: Migration -- Missions, Migration, and Colonialism -- Reverse Mission -- Other Contemporary Forms of Migration -- Christianity and the Spirituality of Migration -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 12: Decolonization -- Decolonization as Historical Context -- Decolonization as Intellectual Process -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 13: Neglected Topics in the Study of Global Christianity -- Failure and Decline -- Violence and Persecution -- Religious Freedom -- Power Imbalances -- Catholicism and Orthodoxy -- Ecology -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Chapter 14: The Futures of Christianity -- Violence and Vitality -- Secularization -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Glossary -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: How to Study Global Christianity
• ISBN: 9783031128110; 9783031128103
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910617305003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II