The unexpected Christian century :

Sunquist, Scott W, 1953-

The unexpected Christian century : the reversal and transformation of global Christianity, 1900-2000 / Scott W. Sunquist ; foreword by Mark A. Noll. - Grand Rapids, MI. : Baker Academic, c2015. - xxiv, 213 p.; ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Jesus to the end of Christendom -- World Christianity: the gilded age through the Great War -- Christian lives: practices and piety -- Politics and persecution: how global politics shaped Christianity -- Confessional families: diverse confessions, diverse fates -- On the move: Christianity and migration -- One way among others: Christianity and the world's religions -- Future hope and the presence of the past -- African independence and colonizers -- Asian independence and colonizers.

9780801097461 (pbk.)

2015014039


Church history--20th century.

BR479 / .S86 2015

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