The future of Christianity /

McGrath, Alister E., 1953-

The future of Christianity / [print] Alister E. McGrath. - Malden, Massachusetts : Blackwell Publishers, (c)2002. - xii, 172 pages ; 24 cm. - Blackwell manifestos . - Blackwell manifestos. .



The twentieth century : challenges and failures in the West -- Catastrophe: The Armenian genocide -- Stalinism: The enforcement of atheism -- The Nazi crisis: The failure of 'culture Protestantism' -- The 1960s: A crisis of confidence -- The transformation of religion: the reshaping of Christianity -- Globalization and Christianity -- Decline in Western Europe -- The remarkable case of Korea -- Resurgence in Africa -- Transformation in Latin America -- New ways of being church: trends for the future in the West -- The death of the American denomination? -- The marketing of Christianity -- The McDonaldization of Christianity -- The community church -- Willow Creek -- The cell church -- A community in exile -- Challenges: some future issues -- The threat of fundamentalism -- The new faultlines: Christianity and Islam -- The future of Ecumenism -- English: The language of faith -- The Christianity of the future: a tentative overview -- Is there a future for Protestant denominations in the West? -- Roman Catholicism -- Pentecostalism -- Evangelicalism -- Eastern Orthodoxy -- Conclusion -- The two nations: the disillusionment with academic theology -- A case in point: Biblical studies -- The marginalization of theology -- The longing for spiritual authenticity -- 'Academic' theology is Western theology -- A strategy for recovery: The organic theologian.



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