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Abstract/Sommario: The Atlas of Global Christianity, a visual quick-reference of the changing status of global Christianity over the 100 years since the epoch-making World Missionary Conference held in Edinburg in 1910, was published in 2009. It is the first scholarly Atlas to depict the twentieth-century shift of Christianity to the Global South. It is also the first to map Christian affiliation at the provincial level. The Atlas is divided into five major parts:
Part 1 covers the world with maps on w ...; [Leggi tutto...] The Atlas of Global Christianity, a visual quick-reference of the changing status of global Christianity over the 100 years since the epoch-making World Missionary Conference held in Edinburg in 1910, was published in 2009. It is the first scholarly Atlas to depict the twentieth-century shift of Christianity to the Global South. It is also the first to map Christian affiliation at the provincial level. The Atlas is divided into five major parts:
Part 1 covers the world with maps on world issues and world religions, comparing the global context of 1910 and 2010
Part 2 focuses on the Christian context, with thematic maps on major Christian traditions, including Anglicans, Independents, Marginals, Orthodox, Protestants, and Roman Catholics, as well as Evangelicals and Pentecostals
Part 3 depicts Christianity by the United Nations regions (Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, etc.). Each region (and continent) is described in Four pages, including a historical essay, maps, graphs, tables, and charts
Part 4 views the world by languages, peoples and cities
Part 5 focuses on Christian mission by analysing data on missionaries, finance, Bible translation, media broadcasting, and other forms of evangelization

Abstract/Sommario: For most of the nineteenth century, if the missionary movement can be accused of racism, the racism was of a "soft" kind. It was based not on any notion of permanent biological inequality between races, but on obstinately deep-rooted convictions which were explained in terms of a causal connection between Christianity and the regenerative process of "civilization". The supposed inferiority of non-Western peoples was believed to be not intrinsic but environmental, hence in principle cap ...; [Leggi tutto...] For most of the nineteenth century, if the missionary movement can be accused of racism, the racism was of a "soft" kind. It was based not on any notion of permanent biological inequality between races, but on obstinately deep-rooted convictions which were explained in terms of a causal connection between Christianity and the regenerative process of "civilization". The supposed inferiority of non-Western peoples was believed to be not intrinsic but environmental, hence in principle capable of transformation. The World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh in 1910 took place during a period of uneasy transition between two phases of Western Christian discourse about non-Western world. It marked the culmination of a century of Protestant enthusiasm for the regeneration of "heathen" societies thanks to Western Christian civilization "Race" was the primary category used to express human social diversity. By 1928 the category of race had acquired harsher and more problematic accents, which had not possessed in 1910. Racial theory was a plastic tool with the potential to be used for a variety of contradictory ideological purposes

Abstract/Sommario: Ta-Teh Hsiu-Shih (1905-1982), later named Thaddeus Yang An-Jan, was one of the first indigenous priestly vocations for the Chinese community of the order of St Benedict (Benedictines)in 1927.. Born to a Buddhist family in Java, he was educated in Hong Kong, wee he encounters the Roman Catholic Church. He was baptized and entered the Benedictine order. He was sent in China for missionary work, where he helped educate Westerns, especially Americans, to Chinese culture. The members of th ...; [Leggi tutto...] Ta-Teh Hsiu-Shih (1905-1982), later named Thaddeus Yang An-Jan, was one of the first indigenous priestly vocations for the Chinese community of the order of St Benedict (Benedictines)in 1927.. Born to a Buddhist family in Java, he was educated in Hong Kong, wee he encounters the Roman Catholic Church. He was baptized and entered the Benedictine order. He was sent in China for missionary work, where he helped educate Westerns, especially Americans, to Chinese culture. The members of the Order of St Benedict of St André Abbey in Brugge, Belgium, planted roots in China in 1929 in Xcisha, in Sichuan. At the request of Archibishop Celso Costantini, Apostolic delegate to China, the Benedictines introduced Catholic monastic life to this overwhelming buddist province. Yang arrived there in 1934. The Benedictines approached their missionary work through education. With the support of local bishop and his religious superior, Yang began directing China Correspondent: the publication was to offer an account of the "real China", including Chinese culture and civilization past and present. The first issue was dated December 1943

Abstract/Sommario: Among many features of the 1910 World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh is the Atlas it produced, that mapped the progress that had been made by Christian missionary effort at that time. The task of an Atlas for 2010 is to map the extraordinary transformation that has taken place. This has even led some scholars to begin speaking of "Christianities" rather than considering the religion as monolithic. The aim of the 2010 Atlas project is to address the entire presence of Christianity w ...; [Leggi tutto...] Among many features of the 1910 World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh is the Atlas it produced, that mapped the progress that had been made by Christian missionary effort at that time. The task of an Atlas for 2010 is to map the extraordinary transformation that has taken place. This has even led some scholars to begin speaking of "Christianities" rather than considering the religion as monolithic. The aim of the 2010 Atlas project is to address the entire presence of Christianity worldwide in all its various streams and traditions

Abstract/Sommario: The World Religion Database (WRD) covers every country of the world. The WRD is based on David Barrett's World Christian Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, 1982; 2nd ed. 2001)

Abstract/Sommario: The World Religion Database (WRD) covers every country of the world. The WRD is based on David Barrett's World Christian Encycklopedia (Oxford University Press, 1982; 2nd ed. 2001)