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Book Synopsis"[This book] charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity"--Amazon.com.
Trade Review"Shortlisted for the Catholic Herald Book Award in History"
"Winner of the 2018 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology, American Society of Missiology"
"Winner of a 2019 Award of Merit in History, Christianity Today Book Awards"
"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"
"One of First Things' Favorite Books of 2018"
"[This] book is an essential foundation for understanding the perilous times in which we live."
---Diarmaid MacCulloch, Times Literary Supplement"A finely crafted exploration of Christianity in the 20th century. Stanley . . . provides an ingenious and informative history of the Christian faith through the last century . . . A well-written religious history that is destined to become a standard classroom text." * Kirkus *
"This ambitious work . . . surveys narratives of 20th-century Christian activity around the globe. . . . At times the array of Christian organizations . . . and the rapid jumps between locations can feel bewildering—yet the author provides reader-friendly transitions into and out of each theme." * Publishers Weekly *
"To outline the course of 20th century Christian history in one volume is a daunting task and it is not surprising that few have attempted it but it has to be said that Stanley has succeeded in producing a masterpiece that will be read for many years to come."
---Paul Richardson, The Church of England Newspaper"This book is . . . ambitious in scope and . . . succeeds. If you want to know the Christian background to problems abroad or why the situation at home is not replicated elsewhere, then read this book."
---Pamela Evans, Congregational History Society Magazine"What emerges from this book is a deep sense of the vibrant presence of different forms of Christianity across many parts of the world, and of the continuing ability of Christians and churches to adapt to new and very various contexts."
---Charlotte Methuen, Theology"THis major work of scholarship greatly informs and illuminates our understanding of Christianity in the 20th century world."
---Rev. Brian Cooper, The Gandhi Way
