Compact Atlas of Global Christianity

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Gina A. Zurlo, Ph.D. is a Visiting Lecturer in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge, MA, USA). She is the co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (2019) and editor of the World Christian Database and World Religion Database (Brill). She has recently authored three books: Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (2022); Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement (2023); and From Nairobi to the World: David B. Barrett and the Re-Imagining of World Christianity (2023). She was named one of the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 for her work in quantifying religion and non-religion worldwide. Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

The Compact Atlas of Global Christianity captures in one volume a wealth of useful demographic data on the world Christian movement today. It will prove an invaluable resource for researchers and general readers alike, and will disabuse media commentators of the myth that Christianity is a dying religion of the Western world.

• Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceContributorsIntroduction: Global ChristianityGina A. Zurlo, Harvard Divinity School, USAI. ContinentsAfricaJean-Luc Enyegue SJ, Hekima University College, Nairobi, KenyaAsiaCalida Chu, School of Humanities, University of Nottingham, UKOceaniaFrancis X. Hezel, SJ, The Micronesian Seminar, MicronesiaLatin America and the CaribbeanPedro Feitoza, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UKNorth AmericaAlex Mayfield, Asbury University, USAEuropeLuca Ferracci, University of Modena, ItalyII. TraditionOrthodoxScott Kenworthy, Miami University, USAAnglicansKenneth O. Ofula, Wycliffe College, University of Oxford, UKProtestantsIsabel Phiri, University of Blantyre Synod, MalawiCatholicsFides del Castillo, De La Salle University, Manila, PhilippinesIndependentsNicta Lubaale, Organization of African Instituted Churches, KenyaEvangelicalsPeirong Lin, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, BelgiumPentecostals/CharismaticsKyama Mugambi, Yale Divinity School, New Haven CT, USAIII. ThematicFaith and CultureEmma Wild-Wood, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UKWorship and SpiritualityAudrey Seah, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA, USASocial and Political ContextDavid Moe, Yale Divinity School, New Haven CT, USATheologyJuliany González Nieves, Trinity International University FL, USAMission and EvangelismHarvey Kwiyani, Global Connections, UKGenderChristina Y.C. Wong, Chinese University of Hong KongReligious FreedomElizabeth Miller and Helene Fisher, Gender and Religious Freedom, Washington DC, USAInter-religious RelationsChongpongmeren Jamir, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore, IndiaMigrationBriana Wong, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa OK, USAClimate ChangeEbenezer Yaw Blasu, Akrofi-Kristaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, GhanaConclusion: The Future of Global ChristianityJanice Mclean-Farrell, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, USA