Christianity in South and Central 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). Daniel Jeyaraj is an Indian Christian theologian with expertise in historical theology, the studies on Indo-German missions, Indic religions and Tamil ethics. He is the Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Andrew F. Walls Center for the Study of African and Asian Christianity at Liverpool Hope University in England. He has earlier served as Judson-DeFreitas Professor of World Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School, John A. Mackay Professor of World Christianity, Princeton Theological Seminary and Aaron Professor for the History of Christianity, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute. 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.

This book achieves for me what some of the best research monographs fail to do; it offers new and deeper insights into Christianity in South and Central Asia in a highly accessible form ... delightful reading.

• Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceContributorsIntroductionA Demographic Profile of Christianity in South and Central Asia, Gina A. ZurloChristianity in South and Central Asia, Daniel JeyarajCountriesKazakhstan, Alina GanjeUzbekistan, Feruza KrasonTurkmenistan, Barakatullo AshurovTajikistan, Barakatullo AshurovKyrgyzstan, David RadfordIran, Gulnar Francis-DehqaniAfghanistan, Anthony RobertsPakistan, Mehak Arshad and Youshib Matthew JohnNorth India, Leonard Fernando SJWestern India, Atul Y. AghamkarSouth India, Daniel JeyarajNorth-East India, Kaholi ZhimomiNepal, Bal Krishna SharmaBhutan, Tandin WangyalBangladesh, Pradeep Perez SJThe Maldives, Kenneth R. Ross and Todd M. JohnsonSri Lanka, Prashan de VisserMajor Christian TraditionsCatholics, Felix WilfredOrthodox, Romina IstratiiUnited and Uniting Churches, Joshva RajaProtestants and Anglicans, Arun W. JonesIndependents, Roger E. HedlundEvangelicals, Rebecca Samuel Shah and Vinay SamuelPentecostals/Charismatics, Ivan SatyavrataKey ThemesFaith and Culture, Atola LongkumerWorship and Spirituality, Anand AmaladassTheology, Jesudas AthyalSocial and Political Context, Cedric Prakash SJMission and Evangelism, Jacob Kavunkal SVDGender, Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar and Sheela JeyarajReligious Freedom, Michael Nazir-AliInter-religious Relations, Peniel RajkumarSouth Asian Diaspora, Sam GeorgeCaste and Christianity in India, Anderson JeremiahTribal Identity, Marina Ngursangzeli BeheraConclusionThe Future of Christianity in South and Central Asia, Savithri SumanthiranAppendicesChristianity by CountryMethodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation, Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. ZurloIndex