RT Article T1 Introduction to the Theme Issue: Christian Perspectives on The City JF Christian scholar's review VO 38 IS 4 SP 409 OP 413 A1 Toly, Noah 1977- LA English YR 2009 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1948625156 AB Sometime in 2008, most demographers would agree, we crossed a historic threshold, one that is meaningful to Christian scholarship. Until then, and since the earliest days of civilization, the bulk of the world’s population lived in rural areas. Even at the turn of the 20th century, only 10% of the world’s population lived in cities.