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001			ocn104835471
003			OCoLC
005			20240726100238.0
008			070330s2006 enk ob 001 0 eng d
010			_z2006015490
016	7		_z013522138 _2Uk
020			_a9780198041160 _q(electronic)
020			_a9780195300659
020			_a9781280846182
035			_a186501
035			_a(OCoLC)104835471
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049			_aMAIN
050	0	4	_aBR121.J52.N494 2006
100	1		_aJenkins, Philip, _d1952- _e1
245	1	4	_aThe new faces of Christianity : _bbelieving the Bible in the global south / _cPhilip Jenkins. _hPR
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2006.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 252 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
505	0	0	_tShall the fundamentalists win? -- _tPower in the book -- _tOld and new -- _tPoor and rich -- _tGood and evil -- _tPersecution and vindication -- _tWomen and men -- _tNorth and south.
520	0		_aChristianity is growing so rapidly in the global South that soon Africa may be home to the world's largest Christian population. But what sort of Christianity will that be? In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christians live in settings very close to the social, cultural, and intellectual milieu in which the New Testament itself was written. For this reason, Philip Jenkins argues, they read the Scriptures with a freshness and authenticity impossible in the prosperous societies of North America and Europe. At first sight, the rising Christianity of the global South appears fundamentalist and deeply conservative. But at the same time these new Christians draw conclusions from scripture that are innovative, creative, and socially liberating, in their impact on social structures and gender relations. In fact, this Biblical enthusiasm is embraced by exactly those groups often portrayed as the victims of reactionary religion, particularly women, and a Biblically-rooted Christian feminism enjoys growing influence. Their fundamentalism does not deny or defy modernity, instead the Bible supplies a tool to cope with modernity, and to assist the most marginalized members of society. This, says Jenkins, is precisely the reason for Christianity's explosive growth. Many Southern churches take very seriously the supernatural world-view that pervades the Christian scriptures, with the recurrent themes of demons, possession, exorcism and spiritual healing. Yet readings that appear intellectually reactionary encourage believers to engage in far-reaching social activism. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, churches seek both deliverance and liberation--deliverance from evil supernatural forces, and liberation from oppressive worldly structures. Such examples challenge our conventional division of religion into conservative and liberal forms, and make nonsense of our concepts of "fundamentalism."--Publisher description.
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650		0	_aChristianity _xForecasting.
650		0	_aChristianity and culture.
650		4	_aChristianity.
650		4	_aChristianity and culture.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=186501&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _eEB _hBR. _m2006 _QOL _2LOC _w16.19
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell