The Cross-Cultural Process: Studies in Transmission and Reception of Faith

Andrew F. Walls

ISBN 10: 0567088693 / ISBN 13: 9780567088697

Published by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

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1st edition. 468 pages. 9.06x6.06x0.79 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cross-Cultural Process: Studies in Transmission and Reception of Faith
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567088693
• ISBN 13: 9780567088697
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.49 kilograms

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Synopsis

This study of the cross-cultural transmission of the Christian faith looks at how Christianity became a world faith, the role of Africa in Christian history and the missionary movements of the West. It reaches back to Eusebius of Edessa in the 4th century and down to the contemporary world, from Old Athens and New Jerusalem to the vast continents of South America, Asia and Africa. On the way it offers fresh understandings of Pentecostalism, African traditional religion, and the ironic ways in which the western missionary movement often accomplished things - both for good and for ill - that its agents never dreamed of.

About the Author

Andrew F. Walls is Professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the founder of the Center for the Study of Christianity in the non-Western World at the University of Edinburgh.