World Christianity: An Introduction

by Graham Joseph Hill

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2024

Overview

World Christianity: An Introduction provides an accessible introduction to the discipline, methodology, and field of world Christianity. In this book, Graham Joseph Hill engages with more than one hundred high-profile Majority World and First Nations Christian leaders to learn what they can teach the West about mission, leadership, hospitality, creation care, education, worship, and more. Hill challenges the Western church to move away from a Eurocentric and Americentric view of church and mission, and he calls for the church to engage with crucial paradigm shifts in world Christianity. The future of the global church—including the churches in the West—exists in these global exchanges. World Christianity is an indispensable guide for the church as it navigates the unique global experiences of the twenty-first century.

Key Features

• Provides an accessible introduction to the discipline, methodology, and field of world Christianity.
• Engages with more than one hundred high-profile Majority World and First Nations Christian leaders.
• Challenges the Western church to move away from a Eurocentric and Americentric view of church and mission.

Contents

• List of Tables
• Foreword by Scot McKnight
• 1. Introduction: The Vitality of World Christianity
• SEVEN PARADIGM SHIFTS SHAPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
• Part 1: Paradigm Shifts in World Christianity
• 2. World Christianity Methodology
• 3. Polycentricity
• 4. Polyvocality
• 5. Interculturality
• 6. Integrality
• 7. Pentecostality
• 8. Glocality
• THIRTEEN EXPRESSIONS OF THOSE PARADIGM SHIFTS
• Part 2: Renewing Our Mission
• 9. Contextualizing Mission
• 10. Liberating People
• 11. Showing Hospitality
• 12. Embracing the Spirit
• 13. Caring for Creation
• 14. Living Ethically
• 15. Transforming Neighborhoods
• Part 3: Revitalizing Our Churches
• 16. Inculturating Faith
• 17. Devouring Scripture
• 18. Renewing Education
• 19. Practicing Servantship
• 20. Recovering Community
• 21. Developing Spirituality and Discipleship
• 22. Conclusion: World Christianity: A Cause for Renewal, Celebration, and Joy
• 23. A Closing Prayer
• Appendix 1
• Who Are These Majority World and Indigenous Theologians and Practitioners?
• Appendix 2
• World Christianity Links at GrahamJosephHill.com
• Appendix 3
• The Global Church Project Video Series
• Appendix 4
• Other Books and Resources by Graham Joseph Hill
• Bibliography

Praise for World Christianity

In this seminal work on global Christianity, Graham Joseph Hill weaves together essential elements for understanding God’s missional movement in our day. A book of this breadth and depth will serve Christians in the West as well as Majority World Christians for ages to come. The paradigm shifts offered in World Christianity make this a must-read for the whole church as we learn to be the whole body of Christ in this global and hyper-local world.

—Lisa Rodriguez-Watson, national director, Missio Alliance

In a breathtaking tour de force of scholarship, Graham Joseph Hill offers in his book a panoramic view of the major paradigm shifts in the study of contemporary Christianity as a world religion. I strongly recommend this volume for undergraduate and graduate courses on missiology and ecclesiology and for general readers who want to understand what is happening to Christianity today.

—Peter C. Phan, chair of Catholic social thought, Georgetown University

It is long past time those of us from the West learned how to learn from our global colleagues. Graham Joseph Hill leads us across a large and varied terrain of glocalized Christian holistic reflection and action, helping us see not simply how to listen but to learn and grow from the insights, actions, and priorities of the Majority World church. Western Christians absolutely need this book.

—Scott Moreau, professor emeritus of intercultural studies, Wheaton College

Product Details

• Title: World Christianity: An Introduction
• Author: Graham Joseph Hill
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 518
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christianity; Church history; Globalization › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9798385201303, 9798385201310, 9798385201327
• Resource ID: LLS:WRLDCHRSNTRDCTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-25T22:24:38Z

About Graham Joseph Hill

Graham Joseph Hill serves with the Uniting Church in Australia as Mission Catalyst—Church Planting and Missional Renewal. He is an adjunct research fellow and associate professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Previously, he was the principal and associate professor of world Christianity at Stirling Theological College (University of Divinity) and vice-principal of Morling College. Hill is the author of seventeen books, including Healing Our Broken Humanity (co-authored with Grace Ji Sun Kim). His author website is GrahamJosephHill.com.