Contesting the Shifting Center of World Christianity to Africa: Methodological Reconsiderations

This essay contests the regnant narratives that the center of gravity of Christianity is shifting to Africa. First, it is not always clear what theorists mean as to what constitutes the centering of Christianity and what ‘shifting centers’ mean beyond the claims of the demographic, social and cultur...

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Main Author: Ilo, Stan Chu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Exchange
Year: 2023, Volume: 52, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 122-169
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Theology
B World Christianity
B African Traditional Religions
B African Christianity
B Catholicism
B Dependency
B shifting centers
B cultural hermeneutics
B Decolonization
B Mission (international law
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