
The World's Christians Who they are, Where they are, and How they got there
by Jacobsen, Douglas-
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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Who They Are – Four Christian Mega-Traditions
Introduction
1 The Orthodox Tradition
2 The Catholic Tradition
3 The Protestant Tradition
4 The Pentecostal Tradition
Part II: How They Got There – A Global History of Christianity
Introduction
5 The Ancient Tradition: Beginnings to 500
6 The Great Division and the Age of the East: 500 to 1000
7 The Rise of the West and Decline of the East: 1000 to 1500
8 Christianity in a Global Era: 1500 to the Present
Part III: Where They Are – Christianity in Nine World Regions
Introduction
9 The Middle East and North Africa: Barely Surviving
10 Eastern Europe: Nationalism and New Mission
11 Central and South Asia: Confidence and Complexity
12 Western Europe: Thin, but Alive
13 Sub-Saharan Africa: Hope and Despair
14 East Asia: Piety and Politics
15 Latin America: After Monopoly
16 North America: Power, Freedom, Race, and Nation
17 Oceania: Experiments in Identity
Appendix: Counting Christians
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