Category: The Inquiry

DR. TODD M. JOHNSON PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY AND MISSION Here’s a short excerpt from the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (Edinburgh University Press) on Independent Christians in global perspective. […]

DR. TODD M. JOHNSON PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY AND MISSION Last week I attended a Zoom conference about the impact of Covid-19 on Central Asia, a region where national governments […]

DR. GINA A. ZURLO CO-DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY I’ve been devouring world news like many people living in social isolation right now. I scroll through article […]

Many politicians and economists have put forth plans for tackling this pandemic, yet have overlooked the reality that defeating a global virus requires a global approach.

Catholicism experienced a substantial increase of adherents in the 20th century. There were nearly 266 million Catholics worldwide in 1900, and this grew to well over 1.2 billion by 2020. Catholics increased at a rate of 1.36% per year over the century, a little faster than global population, faster than either Protestants or Orthodox but a long way behind Independents.

DR. TODD M. JOHNSON PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY AND MISSION Ever since the 1st century, Christians have never spoken just one language, represented just one ethnicity or lived in just […]

In recent years the concept of translation has become one of the significant motifs in Christian mission, not only for Bible translation but for the serial expansion of Christianity around the world. The starting point of translation is personal contact, in which a Christian, from any other culture or tradition, learns the language and culture of the people he or she is trying to reach.

DR. TODD M. JOHNSON PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY AND MISSION Here’s a short excerpt from the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (Edinburgh University Press) on Evangelical Christians in global perspective. […]

DR. GINA A. ZURLO Co-Director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity One of the special features of the World Christian Encyclopedia is that it contains an article about Christianity […]

DR. GINA A. ZURLO Co-Director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity There a lot of discussions lately about sub-Saharan Africa being the new “center” of World Christianity. This, of […]