Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)

Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity.ulliA short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human historyliOffers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issuesliDiscusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religionliHelps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical processliContains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts in world Christianity/ul