Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor of Todd M. Johnson
Ebook
Living in Light of the Global Body of Christ
Books on global Christianity have been growing substantially in the last ten years. The importance of studying Christianity beyond White Western history and theology has taken on a special relevance in an increasingly globalized world. The study of Global Christianity is about recognizing the diversity of Christians around the world in terms of their cultures, languages, ethnicities, worldviews, and approaches to the faith. World Christianity is about making global-local connections and providing Christians the opportunity to learn from one another to enhance their faith and broaden their perspectives.
Most World Christianity books are written for scholarly audiences only. However, Portraits of Global Christianity moves beyond that sphere and into the lives of Christians who have learned about and continue to experience the global church in their everyday lives. No other global Christianity book on the market provides this kind of self-understanding on the relationship between World Christianity and individual experience. In doing, it aims to make a unique contribution to the field.
This book is geared toward a general Christian audience and is written in an accessible style with attractive full-color charts, maps, and graphs to make quantitative data on Christianity and other religions come alive.
The reflections and essays in this book in honor of Todd M. Johnson provide readers with concrete examples of how knowledge and experience of Christianity worldwide has fundamentally changed their worldviews, perspectives of the faith, and vocational callings. It encourages readers to reflect on their attitudes toward people who do not look like them or live out the faith like them, to more seriously consider the growth of Christianity in the global South and its impact on their own lives, and seek opportunities to reach across ethnic, class, and gender boundaries for the sake of Christian hospitality, discipleship, and friendship.
Introduction
Part I: Partnership in World Christianity and Mission Research
Trends in Global Christianity through Design
1993: A Seminal Year
Partnership in Quantitative Research on World Christianity
Part II: Lived Global Christianity
Invitation to the Kitchen, Not Just to the Table: Todd M. Johnson's Motif of Global Christianity
Reflections and Lessons from Massachusetts to Uganda
Moments in Time: Challenging the Fabric of Faith
Dismantling the Ethnic Foods Aisle in Theological Libraries
Who Are These People? A Rediscovery from Ephesians 3 and 4
Story as a Bridge to Understanding: The Role of Narrative in Creating Global Empathy
A Missiological Hermitage: Representing Jesus Across Cultures
What is the Posthuman Gospel?
Many Books
Global Hermeneutics and the Ethical Potency of Scholarship: Reflections on the Character and Expertise of a Religious Demographer from an Aspiring Biblical Scholar
I am Where I am Today Because of Todd Johnson
Lessons and Gifts of Interreligious Encounters
Capacious Faith
An Appreciation for Todd Johnson: A Personal Reflection
How are You? What is Your Name? Hospitality and Friendship in Mission and World Christianity
The Power of Curiosity and Generosity
Intellectual Work: Reflections on 30 Years of Mission Research
The Transforming Power of Images, Memories, and Words on Local Church Mission
Personal Reflection on the Work of Todd Johnson
Fairest Lord, Jesus, Ruler of the Nations
Living Global Christianity in Thailand
Working on Religious Demography with Todd M. Johnson: Not Only Quantities but Quality and Values
Listen, Empower, Enjoy, and Think
Humility, Kindness, and Music: Reflection for Todd Johnson
Confronted with the Facts: 86% of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims Have Relatively Little Contact with Christians
"One of the Excellent People Struggling for the Faith": A Personal Reflection on the Life and Work of Todd Johnson
By the Numbers: Global Christianity, Refugee Welcome, and Interfaith Engagement
Belonging
Part III: The Work of Todd M.Johnson: Data 209
Martyrdom
General country data
World religions
Major Christian traditions and movements
Christian mission
Denominations
Peoples
Evangelization by peoples
Bible translation
Cities
Country indicators
This work is a celebration of demographic workmanship. Todd Johnson has spent his life building an authentic village of craftsmen and craftswomen, mentoring many young scholars in World Christianity and missiology with skill and patience. As an immigrant, otherwise gleaning only on the margins, I consider myself grateful for the multiple doors he helped open for me in mission and academia. This book is for all who aspire to do the same.
Wanjiru M. Gitau
Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Practical Theology, Palm Beach Atlantic University
This volume is not only a powerful testimony of Dr. Todd Johnson’s well-recognized status, rich accomplishments, and muti-dimensional global influence as the authority of the Christian demography, but also a very valuable source for the study of world Christianity of the past and present centuries.
Kevin Xiyi Yao, PhD
Professor of World Christianity and Asian Studies, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
This volume is a fitting tribute to the bespoke Dr. Todd Johnson. One who is always keen to see not just the trees but the forest, he embodies a meta-analytical skill set which this book stays true to. Christianity should be for and by everyone, and Todd is one of the chief catalysts to bring it all together so beautifully. He is a storyteller and mentor par excellence, both in his writings and to all those he encounters personally, as exemplified by the magisterial data and moving testimonies that lie herein.
Allen Yeh, DPhil
Professor, Intercultural Studies & Missiology, Biola University, Cook School of Intercultural Studies
- Title: Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor of Todd M. Johnson
- Author: Gina A. Zurlo
- Publisher: William Carey Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781645084631, 9781645084617, 1645084612, 1645084639
- Resource ID: LLS:9781645084631
- Resource Type: Monograph
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