Lars P. Laamann

Disciplinary Tensions in World Christianity

Theology

“Much has been written in the name of World Christianity that only covers the limited circles of academic specialists. The present volume, however, takes a very different approach. The reader is taken through an intellectual cascade that starts off with methodological soul-searching in terms of the relative importance of studying religion, literature, and ethnography. The following seven chapters, evenly divided into the thematic blocks of history and sociopolitical power, advance cautiously along a chronological path, in turn visiting Christian communities and churches in the Ottoman empire, India, Korea, South Africa, West Africa, South Asia, and China. An epilogue by Raimundo Barreto honors Richard Fox Young, to whom the entire volume is dedicated. The editors of this volume are to be congratulated for having produced this exploration of genuine World Christianity.”