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  • Christian Higher Education

    A Global Reconnaissance

    Edited by Joel Carpenter, Perry L. Glanzer, Nicholas S. Lantinga ...
    This book offers a fresh report and interpretation of what is happening at the intersection of two great contemporary movements: the rapid growth of higher education worldwide and the rise of world Christianity. It features on-site, evaluative studies by scholars from Africa, Asia, North America, and South America.Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance visits some of the hotspots of ... Read more

    $36.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christianity in India

    Conversion, Community Development, and Religious Freedom

    by Rebecca Samuel Shah, Joel Carpenter ...
    Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christian Higher Education

    A Global Reconnaissance

    Edited by Joel Carpenter, Perry L. Glanzer, Nicholas S. Lantinga ...
    This book offers a fresh report and interpretation of what is happening at the intersection of two great contemporary movements: the rapid growth of higher education worldwide and the rise of world Christianity. It features on-site, evaluative studies by scholars from Africa, Asia, North America, and South America.Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance visits some of the hotspots of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading a Different Story

    A Christian Scholar's Journey from America to Africa

    by Susan VanZanten, Joel Carpenter ...
    Series series Turning South: Christian Scholars in an Age of World Christianity
    Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, a noted Christian literary scholar recounts how her focus has shifted from American to African literature.Susan VanZanten began her career working on nineteenth-century American literature. A combination of personal circumstances, curricular demands, world ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • From Every Tribe and Nation

    A Historian's Discovery of the Global Christian Story

    by Joel Carpenter, Mark Noll ...
    Series series Turning South: Christian Scholars in an Age of World Christianity
    Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, one of America's leading church historians shows how studying world Christianity changed and enriched his understanding of the nature of the faith as well as of its history.Mark Noll illustrates the riches awaiting anyone who gains even a preliminary ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • Compassion and Solidarity

    by Gregory Baum ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable opposition to it. He discusses why many Christians are becoming activists, turning their faith into deeds by working for the liberation of the poor, not only in South ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Central Liberal Truth

    How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, child-rearing practices, education, and political leadership, to promote these values in the Third World--and for underachieving minorities in the First World? In this book, Lawrence E. Harrison offers intriguing answers to ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada

    Edited by Paul Bramadat, David Seljak ...
    Over the past decade, scholars and policy makers interested in Canadian multiculturalism have begun to take religion much more seriously. Moreover, Christian communities have become increasingly aware of the impact of ethnic diversity on church life. However, until very recently almost no systematic academic attention has been paid to the intersection between the ethnic and religious identities of ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • Religions/Globalizations

    Theories and Cases

    by Enrique Dussel ...
    For the majority of cultures around the world, religion permeates and informs everyday rituals of survival and hope. But religion also has served as the foundation for national differences, racial conflicts, class exploitation, and gender discrimination. Indeed, religious spirituality, having been transformed by contemporary economic and political events, remains both empowering and controversial. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Jews, Confucians, and Protestants

    Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Multiculturalism—the belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely different—has come to dominate Western intellectual thought and to serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy and development aid. But what if multiculturalism itself is flawed? What if some cultures are more prone to progress than others and more successful at creating the cultural capital that ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Engaging Globalization

    The Poor, Christian Mission, and Our Hyperconnected World

    by Amos Yong, Bryant Myers, Scott Sunquist ...
    Series series Mission in Global Community
    Christianity Today Book Award WinnerOutreach **Resource of the Year (Multicultural)ASM (American Society of Missiology) Book of the Year Award**Globalization is speeding up our world, extending our relationships globally and bringing us closer together in positive and not-so-positive ways. The church and many Christians, however, remain largely unaware of its seductive power, resulting in a ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Joint Ventures

    Religious Studies and Social Sciences

    by M. D. Litonjua ...
    Joint Venture/s is a term used in the business world to describe two or more business enterprises that join hands and consolidate their management, operations, and labor force to increase their productivity, to offer a more diversified array of products, to increase their profitability, and be a more successful business enterprise in service to their employees and society at large. But it is not ... Read more

    $3.99 USD