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Once upon a time, Europe lived in an age of faith, which found buoyant expression in the massive popularity of pilgrimage....
In the 19th century, European and North American missionaries spanned the world, bringing the light of the gospel into what they thought were the dark corners of heathendom....
Even after a century of Christian expansion worldwide, Europe still matters immensely in the map of the faith....
For many American Christians, the religious experience of modern Western Europe offers a dire warning. European church membership has been in free fall for a generation....
When the U.S. government imagines the global future, the term BRIC features prominently....
At first glimpse, Marcelo Rossi is a textbook example of the pastor as showman. A handsome, stylish man in his early forties, he leads a flourishing São Paulo congregation legendary for its music....
What happens when a superb scholar who studies both North American religious history and global...
I had the opportunity to meet members of one of the world’s oldest and most heroic churches recently when I spoke to the national youth conference of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of ...
It’s the world’s least desirable club: the league of failed and failing states. Every year, the Fund for Peace presents its list of the world’s shakiest political entities....
Lalibela, in Ethiopia, should be high on anyone’s list of contenders for the title of most astonishing site in the history of Christian art and architecture....
For most American Christians, re straints on the open expression of religious loyalties normally involve situations in which believers might be seen as imposing their views on others—through evange...
Most Western observers of the Christian scene have learned to take African developments very seriously. They know that Africans will make up an increasing share of most denominations....
When Americans discuss the great crisis facing the Roman Catholic Church, they usually are thinking of the notorious sex abuse scandals....
Many excellent scholars study Islam. Many other scholars explore the changing face of global Christianity....
North is North, and South is South, and never the twain shall meet. Well, actually, they do....
Travel anywhere in the wealthy world—to North America, Europe or the Middle East—and you will soon find people from the Philippines....
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