Die neuen Gesichter des Christentums: Glaube an die Bibel im globalen Süden

Author/Contributor(s):	Jenkins, Philip
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	11/12/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Jenkins here takes a close look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future. The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a Biblical faith. Indeed, throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are distinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of liberation movements.