{"product_id":"the-future-of-christianity-isbn-9780631228158","title":"The Future of Christianity","description":"Christianity is the world's largest religious grouping. It has undergone massive change in the twentieth century, and seems poised to undergo major transformations in the next. In this important and timely book, one of Christianity's most prolific and respected writers examines these changes, and their implications for the future.  Preface. \u003cp\u003e1. The Twentieth Century: Challenges and Failures in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatastrophe: The Armenian Genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalinism: The Enforcement of Atheism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nazi Crisis: The Failure of \"Culture Protestantism\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1960s: A Crisis of Confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Transformation of Religion: The Reshaping of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecline in Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Remarkable Case of Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResurgence in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransformation in Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. New Ways of Being Church: Trends for the Future in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death of the Western Denomination?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Marketing of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe McDonaldization of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Community Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWillow Creek.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cell Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Community in Exile.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Challenges: Some Future Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Threat of Fundamentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Faultlines: Islam and Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future of Ecumenism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Language of the Faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Christianity of the Future: A Tentative Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs there a future for Protestant denominations in the west?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman Catholicism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePentecostalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvangelicalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEastern Orthodoxy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Two Nations: The Disillusionment with Academic Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Case in Point: Biblical Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Marginalization of Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Longing for Spiritual Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Academic\" Theology is Western Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Strategy for Recovery: The Organic Intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeb Sites relating to this work\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is a stimulating book...there is fuel here, especially for those few Anglicans left who are interested in managing more than their own demise.\" \u003ci\u003eThird Way\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] stimulating overview of its [Christianity's] global potential at the dawn of the twenty-first century. With a critical yet sympathetic eye, McGrath explores questions confronting world Christianity entering its third millenium. McGrath is provocative and substantive.\" \u003ci\u003eChristian Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"McGrath's easy writing style...makes this reader a useful tool to the interested layman in thinking through future issues. Neither rosy-eyed nor pessimistic, it does, however, provide food for thought. Another excellent title from one of the Church's leading thinkers and academics.\" \u003ci\u003eChurch of England Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Readable and accessible, this significant book should be included in libraries with collections in religion and Christianity.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Alister McGrath brings scholarship to the pews in digestible bites...This is a book that needs to be read and talked about.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel and Our Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[T]his is an important and serious study, which addresses a very large number of the most crucial developments in Christianity today.\" \u003ci\u003eTheology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Simply-written, yet nuanced; well-informed and global, yet highly engaging.\" \u003ci\u003eFuture Survey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[T]his succinct, accessible assessment by Alister E. McGrath...examines \"trends that can be discerned within global Christianity\".\" \u003ci\u003eOverseas Ministries Study Centre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"When a thinker of such note decides to speak on the \"future of Christianity\" it is wise for anyone interested in the Christian tradition to give a listen.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It addresses the right issues, and does so in an interesting and stimulating manner.\" \u003ci\u003eColloquium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book gives a good overview of this crisis and should be read by all who are interested in the future of Christianity.\" \u003ci\u003eIzak Spangenberg, University of South Africa, Religion and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlister E. McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Historical Theology, University of Oxford, and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Among his many Blackwell textbooks are \u003ci\u003eChristian Theology: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (third edition), \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Theology Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition), \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Christianity, Historical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReformation Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (third edition).\u003c\/p\u003e  Christianity is the world's largest religious grouping. It underwent massive change in the twentieth century, and seems poised to undergo major transformations in the next. In this important and timely book, one of Christianity's most prolific and respected writers examines these changes, and their implications for the future. Will Christianity survive? And if so, in what forms? And what might its impact be upon culture? How does its past affect its future? What does the future hold for the various types of Christianity?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis witty yet highly informed book deals with issues such as the crisis in confidence within western Christianity, the impact of postmodernity on Christianity, and the shift in numerical strength from the west to Africa and Asia. It questions whether traditional Protestant denominations are likely to survive in their present form, and charts the rise of various forms of post-denominational Christianity. It explores the impact of a consumer culture on western Christianity, and the changes this has brought about in approaches to evangelism and church growth. Finally, the work documents the gulf that has opened up between academic theology and the life of the church, and offers a penetration Gramscian analysis of how this situation has arisen, and what can be done to remedy it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessibly written, this book will be essential reading for students, academics and general readers interested in religion, Christianity, postmodern theology, and the key controversies in current Christian thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990234054885,"sku":"NP9780631228158","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631228158.jpg?v=1761787012","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-future-of-christianity-isbn-9780631228158","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}