Relocating World Christianity

Joel Cabrita, Ph.D. 2008, University of Cambridge, is a University Lecturer in World Christianities in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Her first book was a history of the production, use and reception of sacred texts Text and Authority in a South African Church (Cambridge University Press, 2012). David Maxwell D.Phil. 1994, University of Oxford is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. With Patrick Harries he co-edited The Spiritual in the Secular. Missionaries and Knowledge about Africa (2012). Emma Wild-Wood, Ph.D. 2005, University of Edinburgh, directs the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide and teaches in the Faculty of Divinity. She wrote Migration and Christian Identity in Congo (2008) and co-edited with Kevin Ward The East African Revival (2012).

"(...) readers will appreciate that the critical evaluation and resulting research agenda is grounded through carefully selected topics and contributors. Thus, not only are all the individual chapters excellent, but also there is a synthesis of ideas maintained throughout. On balance, the fresh perspectives found in these pages make this undoubtedly one of the most important books on World Christianity scholarship in recent years." Corey L. Williams, Leiden University, in: International Review of Mission, Volume 107.2 (2018)."A generation has passed since the idea of “World Christianity” burst upon the scholarly scene. Given that scholarship must build upon, reinterpret, and critique the work of previous generations, it is no surprise that multiple stakeholders are now reassessing the concept. Relocating World Christianity, edited by Joel Cabrita, David Maxwell, and Emma Wild-Wood, ranks highly among efforts to accomplish this task. (...) Each essay is well done and fascinating in its own right, though some essays are more useful than others for illuminating the core purpose of the volume. Each happily includes the luxury of a substantial bibliography, thereby adding to the value of the book." Dana L. Robert, Boston University, in: International Bulletin of Mission Research, 05 October 2018.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsContributorsIntroduction: Relocating World ChristianityJoel Cabrita and David MaxwellConnections and Comparisons1 Historical Perspectives on Christianity Worldwide: Connections, Comparisons and ConsciousnessDavid Maxwell2 British Missions and the Making of a Brazilian Protestant PublicPedro Feitoza3 Parachurch Competition in the Latin American Religious Marketplace: Scriptural Inerrancy and the Reshaping of Global Protestant EvangelicalismDavid C. KirkpatrickLocating Knowledge4 Doing Theology in World Christianities: Old Tasks, New WaysPeter C. Phan5 World Christianity as a Theological Approach: A Reflection on Central and Eastern EuropeDorottya Nagy6 The Orientalist Framework of Christian Conversion in India: Three Venues of ‘Inducement’ from Colonial Times to the PresentChandra MallampalliPlace and Belonging in World Christianity7 Christian Social Movements in Cameroon at the End of Empire: Transnational Solidarities and the Communion of the World ChurchCharlotte Walker-Said8 Maintaining Faith in the Chinese WorldChloë Starr9 Anthropological Perspectives on World ChristianityJoel RobbinsMigration and Diaspora10 Defender of the Faith: The United States and World ChristianityAndrew Preston11 The Death Throes of Indigenous Christians in the Middle East: Assyrians Living Under the Islamic StateNaures Atto12 Symbolising Charismatic Influence: Contemporary African Pentecostalism and its Global AspirationsJ. Kwabena Asamoah-GyaduAfterword: Relocating Unity and Theology in the Study of World ChristianityEmma Wild-WoodIndex