Intra-Christian Violence and the Problematisation of the World Christian Paradigm
Violence is a crucial lens for inquiring historically into Christianity worldwide. The field of World Christianity, however, has been oriented by a paradigm of growth, success and Christian converts’ creative agency. This article establishes the need for a historiographical intervention in the liter...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2023
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| In: |
The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 2, Pages: 370-397 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ World
/ Mission (international law
/ Expansion of
/ Paradigm (Theory of science)
/ Religious conflict
/ Violent behavior
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion CA Christianity KDA Church denominations RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | Violence is a crucial lens for inquiring historically into Christianity worldwide. The field of World Christianity, however, has been oriented by a paradigm of growth, success and Christian converts’ creative agency. This article establishes the need for a historiographical intervention in the literature on World Christianity through a critical analysis of texts that have formed the field, followed by examinations of anti-Evangelical violence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico, and Catholic-Protestant conflicts in colonial East Africa. These case studies identify lacunae in the field and suggest that violence has often been a constitutive part of the contextual formation of World Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046922000409 |
