{"product_id":"world-christianity-methodological-considerations-9789004441668","title":"World Christianity: Methodological Considerations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn. In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, theology, and patristics) as well as of multiple cultural and national belongings investigate methodological issues (e.g. methods, use of sources, choosing a unit of analysis, terminology, conceptual categories,) relevant to World Christianity debates. In a closing chapter the editors Frederiks and Nagy converge the findings and sketch the outlines of what they coin as a ‘World Christianity approach’, a multidisciplinary and multiple perspective approach to study Christianity\/ies’ plurality and diversity in past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"this volume is a fine and instructive introduction to the rapidly changing field of World Christianity studies.\" - Henk Bakker, Amsterdam, in: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Volume 21.2 (2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors   Introduction    Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy      1 World Christianity: Contours of an Approach    Martha Frederiks      2 Recalling the Term ‘World Christianity’: Excursions into Worldings of Literature, Philosophy, and History    Dorottya Nagy      3 Decoloniality and Interculturality in World Christianity: A Latin American Perspective    Raimundo C. Barreto Jr.      4 The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in Africa    Emma Wild-Wood      5 Methodological Reflections on the Study of Chinese Christianities    Joseph Tse-Hei Lee and Christie Chui-Shan Chow      6 Interfaith Relations within the Emerging Field of World Christianity    S. Wesley Ariarajah      7 Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological Reflections    Kari Storstein Haug      8 Interreligious Dialogue: A Case Study Approach in Respect to the Vatican and the World Council of Churches    Douglas Pratt      9 Conquering Rome: Constructing a Global Christianity in the Face of Terror. A Case Study into the Representations of the Beheading of Twenty-One Migrant Workers in January 2015    Lucien van Liere      10 Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity in Contemporary Nigeria: Methodological Reflections for World Christianity    Corey L. Williams      11 Augustine’s Approach to Heresies as an Aid to Understanding His Ideas on Interaction between Christian Traditions    Paul J.J. van Geest      12 The Rise of ‘New Generation’ Churches in Kerala Christianity    Stanley John      13 Methodological Considerations: Convergences    Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy      Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210809860439,"sku":"9789004441668","price":57.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-christianity-methodological-considerations-9789004441668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}