Facing West: American evangelicals in an age of world Christianity

The dramatic growth of Christianity in the Global South over the last century has shifted the balance of power away from strongholds in Europe and the United States. While we typically imagine religion travelling from West to East and from North to South, David R. Swartz shows that lines of influenc...

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Main Author: Swartz, David R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Evangelical movement / History
B World Vision International / Mission (international law / Church development aid / Cultural contact / History 1945-2017
Further subjects:B Missions ; History ; 21st century
B Evangelicalism ; United States
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Summary:The dramatic growth of Christianity in the Global South over the last century has shifted the balance of power away from strongholds in Europe and the United States. While we typically imagine religion travelling from West to East and from North to South, David R. Swartz shows that lines of influence also run in other directions. Missionaries and non-Western evangelicals have shaped the American evangelical church. On issues of race, economics, human rights, and social justice, these complex transnational relationships often feature accommodation and mutuality, and they often push toward cosmopolitan sensibilities among elite and establishment evangelicals. But they also feature resistance among American evangelical populists, many of whom voted for Donald Trump in 2016. And on issues of sexuality and the supernatural, they draw sustenance from the Global South.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 22, 2020)
ISBN:0190250836