Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion

Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this briefhistory examines Christian missions and their relationship to thecurrent globalization of Christianity.

• A short and enlightening history of Christian missions: aphenomenon that many say reflects the single most importantintercultural movement over a sustained period of humanhistory
• Offers a thematic overview that takes into account thepolitical, cultural, social, and theological issues
• Discusses the significance of missions to the globalization ofChristianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as amulticultural world religion
• Helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as ahistorical process
• Contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts inworld Christianity

• Public Faith
• Good News to the Poor: John Wesley's Evangelical Economics
• The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission (Biblical Theology for Life)
• Whose Religion Is Christianity?: The Gospel beyond the West
• The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission
• Mission: An Essential Guide
• Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (American Society of Missiology)
• American Religion: Contemporary Trends - Second Edition
• The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
• Wesley and the People Called Methodists: Second Edition