Christianity in North Africa and West Asia

Name: Christianity in North Africa and West Asia
Brand: Hendrickson Publishers
SKU: 072874
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ISBN: 9781683072874

Edited By: Kenneth R. Ross, Mariz Tadros, Todd M. Johnson

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This comprehensive reference volume covers every country in North Africa and West Asia, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyzes key themes and examines current trends.

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Profiles of Christianity in every country in North Africa and West Asia including clearly presented statistical and demographic information (Morocco and Western Sahara, Algeria and Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, The Gulf [Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen], Armenia and Karabakh, and Georgia and Azerbaijan)
Analyses of leading features and current trends written by indigenous scholars
Essays examining each of the major Christian traditions (Anglicans, Independents, Orthodox, Protestants, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, Pentecostals/Charismatics)
Essays exploring key themes such as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, interfaith relations, slavery, anthropology of evil, and migration

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Title: Christianity in North Africa and West Asia
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 517
Vendor: Hendrickson Publishers
Publication Date: 2020
Dimensions: 9 X 5.5 (inches)

Weight: 2 pounds 12 ounces
ISBN: 32
ISBN-13: 9781683072874
Series: Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity
Stock No: WW072874

Author Bio

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Kenneth R. Ross, formerly Professor of Theology at the University of Malawi, is parish minister at Netherlorn in Argyll, Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University School of Divinity, and Chair of the Scotland Malawi Partnership.

Mariz Tadros is Professor and Co-Leader of the Power and Popular Politics Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Todd M. Johnson is Distinguished Professor of Global Christianity and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. May-August

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Key points and features:

Profiles of Christianity in every country in North Africa and West Asia including clearly presented statistical and demographic information (Morocco and Western Sahara, Algeria and Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, The Gulf [Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen], Armenia and Karabakh, and Georgia and Azerbaijan)
Analyses of leading features and current trends written by indigenous scholars
Essays examining each of the major Christian traditions (Anglicans, Independents, Orthodox, Protestants, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, Pentecostals/Charismatics)
Essays exploring key themes such as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, interfaith relations, slavery, anthropology of evil, and migration