Document Type
Article
Abstract
This review essay discusses the status of “World Christianity” as a field of study, then highlights the features of the book at hand. It is an exercise in world history more than church history, focusing on how Christianity in various parts of the world responded to the twentieth century’s greatest challenges. The book addresses the rise of millenarianism and fundamentalism, neo-orthodoxy, liberation theology, Pentecostalism, and ecumenism. But its more intent focus is on how Christianity addressed the century’s world wars, colonialism, nationalism, secularism, rise of radical Islam, human rights, migration, and the growing power of the state.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396939319871005
Publication Date
9-12-2019
Recommended Citation
Carpenter, Joel, "Christian History as World History: A Review Essay" (2019). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 1132.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/1132