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Fascinating study of Christianity in Africa and the global south - Rated
This book is a companion volume to Jenkins' highly successful "The next Christendom" which looked at the position of Christianity in the global south. As numbers of Christians remain static or fall in the Western nations but grow significantly in Africa, Asia and South America, the Christianity that these nations exhibit can be very different to that with which we are familiar. Jenkins explores, mostly using Africa as an example, how Christianity is experienced in the global south, including the significant focus on healings, demons, witchcraft and persecution, all within a framework of a world like that of the Bible, marked by plague, poverty and exile.
Jenkins shows how Christians in the global south are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, taking new messages or highlighting areas that for post-enlightenment westerners have lost their power. Some of the behaviour and theology of these churches made for uncomfortable reading for me as a western believer but it was a fascinating reminder that Christianity is a global religion and that we are often very different from our neighbours on the planet, and yet the Bible can speak to us all in our own languages. It's a worthwhile and thought-provoking book and an excellent companion to "The Next Christendom".
Worth reading - Rated
Another great book by Philip Jenkins re the state of Christianity today and about it's shift South. While I would fully endorse this book as good, informative and of journalistic quality I would have to disagree with the title. The Title talks about the Global south which includes Latin America, Africa and Asia, but Philip deals mostly with Africa. A better title would have been "The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in Africa" If it wasn't for this I would have given 5 stars. Still worth a read all the same to get a view of what African Christianity is like today.
