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050	1	4	_aBR121.3 _b.J45 2006eb
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100	1		_aJenkins, Philip, _d1952-
245	1	4	_aThe new faces of Christianity _h[electronic resource] : _bbelieving the Bible in the global south / _cPhilip Jenkins.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 252 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-238) and indexes.
505	0	0	_tShall the fundamentalists win? -- _tPower in the book -- _tOld and new -- _tPoor and rich -- _tGood and evil -- _tPersecution and vindication -- _tWomen and men -- _tNorth and south.
520			_aChristianity is growing so rapidly in the global South that soon Africa may be home to the world's largest Christian population. But what sort of Christianity will that be? In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christians live in settings very close to the social, cultural, and intellectual milieu in which the New Testament itself was written. For this reason, Philip Jenkins argues, they read the Scriptures with a freshness and authenticity impossible in the prosperous societies of North America and Europe. At first sight, the rising Christianity of the global South appears fundamentalist and deeply conservative. But at the same time these new Christians draw conclusions from scripture that are innovative, creative, and socially liberating, in their impact on social structures and gender relations. In fact, this Biblical enthusiasm is embraced by exactly those groups often portrayed as the victims of reactionary religion, particularly women, and a Biblically-rooted Christian feminism enjoys growing influence. Their fundamentalism does not deny or defy modernity, instead the Bible supplies a tool to cope with modernity, and to assist the most marginalized members of society. This, says Jenkins, is precisely the reason for Christianity's explosive growth. Many Southern churches take very seriously the supernatural world-view that pervades the Christian scriptures, with the recurrent themes of demons, possession, exorcism and spiritual healing. Yet readings that appear intellectually reactionary encourage believers to engage in far-reaching social activism. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, churches seek both deliverance and liberation--deliverance from evil supernatural forces, and liberation from oppressive worldly structures. Such examples challenge our conventional division of religion into conservative and liberal forms, and make nonsense of our concepts of "fundamentalism."--Publisher description.
650		0	_aChristianity and culture.
650		0	_aChristianity _xForecasting.
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776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aJenkins, Philip, 1952- _tNew faces of Christianity. _dOxford ; _dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2006. _z0195300653 _z9780195300659 _w(DLC) 2006015490 _w(OCoLC)69013265
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