Pentecos World Their Parish

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-631-23121-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

This book deals with the largest global shift in religion over the last forty years, the astonishing rise of Pentecostalism and charismatic Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

Proposed argument.

1. A Cultural Revolution: Sources, Character, Niches.

2. North America and Europe: Contrasts in Receptivity.

3. Latin America: A Template?.

4. Latin America: Ambiguity in Different Cultural Sectors.

5. Indigenous Peoples.

6. Africa.

7. Asia.

8. Trying Conclusions: A Global Option?.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor David Martin is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Honorary Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has published numerous books including Tongues of Fire (Blackwell 1990), Does Christianity Cause War? (1997) and A General Theory of Secularisation (1978). He is generally regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of religion writing today.