Christianity in North Africa and West Asia

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). Mariz Tadros is Professor and Co-Leader of the Power and Popular Politics Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She is author of Copts at the Crossroads: The Challenges of Building an Inclusive Democracy in Contemporary Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2016) and The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt: Democracy Redefined or Confined? (Routledge, 2012). She is editor of Women in Politics: Gender, Power and Development (Zed Books, 2014). 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.

A welcome addition to the growing scholarship on Christianity in North Africa and West Asia. In an accessible style the forty contributors, most of whom are from the region, paint a broad picture of contemporary Christianity in North Africa and West Asia, including Cyprus, Sudan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, preceded by an excellent introduction by Mariz Tadros.

• Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceContributorsIntroduction A Demographic Profile of Christianity in North Africa and West Asia, Gina A. ZurloChristianity in North Africa and West Asia, Mariz TadrosCountriesMorocco and Western Sahara, Jack WaldAlgeria and Tunisia, Katia BoissevainLibya, Akram HabibSudan, John EibnerEgypt, Samuel TadrosCyprus, Anastasia YiangouTurkey, Hratch Tchilingirian and Ed AldenSyria, Razek SirianiLebanon, Charles ChartouniIsrael, David NeuhausPalestine, Bernard SabellaJordan, Paulo Maggiolini and Iyad TwalIraq, Herman TeuleThe Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen, Hrayr JebejianArmenia, Hratch TchilingirianGeorgia and Azerbaijan, Silvia Serrano　Major Christian TraditionsAnglicans, Yazid SaidIndependents, Duane Alex MillerEastern Orthodox, George TamerOriental Orthodox, Aho ShemunkashoProtestants, Mitri RahebCatholics, Anthony O’MahonyEvangelicals, Wafik WahbaPentecostals/Charismatics, Eric NewbergKey ThemesFaith and Culture, Elizabeth MonierWorship and Spirituality, Rima NasrallahTheology, George SabraSocial and Political Context, Mark FarhaMission and Evangelism, Heather SharkeyGender, Donna RizkReligious Freedom, Ewelina OchabInter-religious Relations, Najib George AwadMonastic Movements and Spirituality, Anna PoujeauEcclesiology, Gabriel HachemChristian Media, Sara AfshariDisplaced Populations, Kristian GirlingConclusionThe Future of Christianity in North Africa and West Asia, Mariz TadrosAppendicesChristianity by CountryMethodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation, Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. ZurloIndex