How to Study Global Christianity

This book provides students with an accessibleyet critically orientedintroduction to the foundational methods and themes in Global Christianity scholarship over the past 40 years. While the field of Global Christianity is itself interdisciplinary, it largely has not reflected upon the various disciplines of which it is comprised. In addressing different methods that have constituted this field of scholarship, Jason Bruner draws students' attention to the ways in which these elements have worked together, and what the implications for their use have been in the past and might be in the future. In addition to identifying themes within the discourse, this book offers a survey of where the field has been, what its analytical priorities are, and how future scholars might develop new research projects and trajectories in light of the its history.

An accessible yet critically-oriented introduction for undergraduate and early graduate students Offers a multi-disciplinary perspective Presents various methods for approaching Global Christianity

Autorentext

Jason Bruner is Associate Professor of Global Christianity at Arizona State University, USA. He is the author of Living Salvation in the East African Revival in Uganda (2017) and Imagining Persecution: Why American Christians Believe There Is a Global War Against Their Faith (2021), as well as a co-editor (with David Kirkpatrick) of Global Visions of Violence: Agency and Persecution in World Christianity (forthcoming).

Klappentext

This book provides students with an accessible yet critically oriented introduction to the foundational methods and themes in Global Christianity scholarship over the past 40 years. While the field of Global Christianity is itself interdisciplinary, it largely has not reflected upon the various disciplines of which it is comprised. In addressing different methods that have constituted this field of scholarship, Jason Bruner draws students attention to the ways in which these elements have worked together, and what the implications for their use have been in the past and might be in the future. In addition to identifying themes within the discourse, this book offers a survey of where the field has been, what its analytical priorities are, and how future scholars might develop new research projects and trajectories in light of the its history.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I Methods.- 2. History.- 3. Ethnography.- 4. Theology.- 5. Demography.- Part II Themes.- 6. Agency.- 7. Mission.- 8. Conversion.- 9. Gender and Sexuality.- 10. Translation.- 11. Migration.- 12. Decolonization.- 13. Neglected Topics in the Study of Global Christianity.- 14. The Futures of Christianity.