Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity

Movements, Institutions, and Allegiance
Approx. XXXV, 426 Pp., Index Auflage
ISBN: 978-90-04-26539-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 470 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 887 g

Reihe: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion

The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions & Allegiance traces how the largest religion in the world continues to be expressed in energetic global dynamic forms. In contemporary times Christianity is increasingly exposed to divisions, not only through its traditional channels – Roman Catholic, Protestant and the Orthodoxy – nor conservative and liberal streams, but numerous nuanced articulations. This is reflected in the roles of clergy and lay people, in organisational dynamics, sources of allegiance and articulations of the faith, movements of renewal and revivalism, syncretic modes, and broader relationships with wider cultural trajectories and changing social circumstances. Collectively the contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive exploration of these themes. The volume is a companion to the Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hunt, Stephen J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Hunt, Ph.D (1996), University of Reading, is Associate Professor in the Sociology of Religion at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He has published extensively on the subject of contemporary Christianity, including this books companion volume, the Handbook of Global Christianity, Themes and Developments in Culture, Politics, and Society (Brill 2015).

Contributors are: Eileen Barker, Carter Charles, Andrew Chesnut, George Chryssides, Angela Coco, Simon Coleman, Abby Day, Bernard Doherty, Christian, Feichtinger, Leslie Francis, Maria Hämmerli, Stephen Hunt, Giulia Marotta, Elizabeth Miller, Josh Packard, Stefania Palmisano, Martyn Percy, Martin Stringer, Joseph Williams, and Joshua R. Ziefle.