Dan R. Stiver (Ph.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology at Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University. Stiver is the author of: The Philosophy of Religious Language: Sign, Symbol, and Story (1996) and Theology After Ricoeur: New Directions in Hermeneutical Theology (2001).

This fine collection of original essays completely shatters the myth promulgated only a few years ago that the "next Christendom" was flourishing in the global South completely on its own...The connections between U.S. and African Christianity remain strong and are far more complex than either demographic projections or postcolonial rhetoric would lead us to believe. --Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

• Preface Chapter1. Introduction: Beginning the Journey 2. Prolegomena: Mapping the Journey 3. The Doctrine of Revelation: Lighting the Way 4. The Doctrine of God: The Beginning and the End 5. The Doctrine of Creation: The Beginning 6. The Doctrines of Humanity and Sin: Rising and Falling 7. The Doctrine of Christ: The Light of the Way 8. The Doctrine of Salvation: The Way 9. The Doctrine of the Church: Walking Together 10. The Doctrine of the Last Things: The End Bibliography

Dan R. Stiver (Ph.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology at Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University. Stiver is the author of: The Philosophy of Religious Language: Sign, Symbol, and Story (1996) and Theology After Ricoeur: New Directions in Hermeneutical Theology (2001).

This fine collection of original essays completely shatters the myth promulgated only a few years ago that the "next Christendom" was flourishing in the global South completely on its own...The connections between U.S. and African Christianity remain strong and are far more complex than either demographic projections or postcolonial rhetoric would lead us to believe. --Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

• Preface Chapter1. Introduction: Beginning the Journey 2. Prolegomena: Mapping the Journey 3. The Doctrine of Revelation: Lighting the Way 4. The Doctrine of God: The Beginning and the End 5. The Doctrine of Creation: The Beginning 6. The Doctrines of Humanity and Sin: Rising and Falling 7. The Doctrine of Christ: The Light of the Way 8. The Doctrine of Salvation: The Way 9. The Doctrine of the Church: Walking Together 10. The Doctrine of the Last Things: The End Bibliography

Dan R. Stiver (Ph.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology at Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University. Stiver is the author of: The Philosophy of Religious Language: Sign, Symbol, and Story (1996) and Theology After Ricoeur: New Directions in Hermeneutical Theology (2001).

This fine collection of original essays completely shatters the myth promulgated only a few years ago that the "next Christendom" was flourishing in the global South completely on its own...The connections between U.S. and African Christianity remain strong and are far more complex than either demographic projections or postcolonial rhetoric would lead us to believe. --Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

• Preface Chapter1. Introduction: Beginning the Journey 2. Prolegomena: Mapping the Journey 3. The Doctrine of Revelation: Lighting the Way 4. The Doctrine of God: The Beginning and the End 5. The Doctrine of Creation: The Beginning 6. The Doctrines of Humanity and Sin: Rising and Falling 7. The Doctrine of Christ: The Light of the Way 8. The Doctrine of Salvation: The Way 9. The Doctrine of the Church: Walking Together 10. The Doctrine of the Last Things: The End Bibliography