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History of Global Christianity, Vol. III
History of Christianity in the 20th century
The third volume of History of Global Christianity addresses the 20th century. An international cast of (Church) historians and Religious Studies scholars relate the developments in this century, from the World Wars into postmodern times. The century is discussed along chronological and geographical lines, as the other volumes, but also focuses on more thematical issues such as Ecumenism, Antisemitism and Human Rights.
Contributors are: Andrew Chandler, Melanie Duguid-May, Siegfried Hermle, Katharina Kunter, Frieder Ludwig, Gerard Mannion, Harry Oelke, Jens Holger Schjørring, Ulrike Schröder, Kevin Ward.
This is part of a three volume work on the history of global Christianity. The first two volumes cover the periods from 1500-1789 and the 19th century (published 2017).
Contributors are: Andrew Chandler, Melanie Duguid-May, Siegfried Hermle, Katharina Kunter, Frieder Ludwig, Gerard Mannion, Harry Oelke, Jens Holger Schjørring, Ulrike Schröder, Kevin Ward.
This is part of a three volume work on the history of global Christianity. The first two volumes cover the periods from 1500-1789 and the 19th century (published 2017).
Jens Holger Schjørring, Dr. Theol. (Aarhus University), is Professor of Church History emeritus at Aarhus University, Denmark. His publications include Theologische Gewissensethik und politische Wirklichkeit: Das Beispiel Eduard Geismars und Emmanuel Hirschs (1979) and Ãkumenische Perspektiven des deutschen Kirchenkampfes (1985) and studies of the relationship between African and European churches and those of Eastern Europe under Communist rule.
Norman A. Hjelm, Teol.Dr. (h.c.) (Uppsala University, 2009), has been senior theological editor and director of Fortress Press in the United States, an executive with the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and an ecumenical officer for the National Council of Churches in the U.S. Most recently he has contributed to The Finnish and Estonian Churches during the Cold War (2016) and to The North American Christian Community and the Cold War (2017).
Norman A. Hjelm, Teol.Dr. (h.c.) (Uppsala University, 2009), has been senior theological editor and director of Fortress Press in the United States, an executive with the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and an ecumenical officer for the National Council of Churches in the U.S. Most recently he has contributed to The Finnish and Estonian Churches during the Cold War (2016) and to The North American Christian Community and the Cold War (2017).
"Focusing more on movements, institutions, and geographical regions than on individual personalities, this resource will help nonspecialists and specialists alike map out topics for further research in the last 500 years of global church movements." - M.S. Hill, Liberty University in *Choice*, November 2018.
"The volumes take a fresh approach in presenting historical research from a global angle, so as to not be constrained by the typical European ethnocentric tunnel vision. Too often Church history was written and prescribed from a Eurocentric perspective, which is as much apparent in its terminology (e.g. Middle East, Near East) as in its proportional selection (more attention for the Atlantic axis). In this regard the series is a âFundgrubeâ of data, narratives, and historical reflections not hindered by cultural biases given with the false assumption that modernity and civilisation only started with the wake of Europe." - Henk Bakker, Free University Amsterdam, JEBS 21:1 (2021), pp. 201-203.
"The volumes take a fresh approach in presenting historical research from a global angle, so as to not be constrained by the typical European ethnocentric tunnel vision. Too often Church history was written and prescribed from a Eurocentric perspective, which is as much apparent in its terminology (e.g. Middle East, Near East) as in its proportional selection (more attention for the Atlantic axis). In this regard the series is a âFundgrubeâ of data, narratives, and historical reflections not hindered by cultural biases given with the false assumption that modernity and civilisation only started with the wake of Europe." - Henk Bakker, Free University Amsterdam, JEBS 21:1 (2021), pp. 201-203.
Contents
Foreword Volume iii
List of Contributors
Introduction, 20th Century, Volume iii
âJens Holger Schjørring
1 Christianity in the First World War
âJens Holger Schjørring
2 Christianity in Europe and North America between the World Wars, 1918âc. 1939
âAndrew Chandler
3 Second World War
âHarry Oelke
4 Christianity in Europe and North America in the Age of the Cold War
âAndrew Chandler
5 Christianity, Human Rights, and Socio-Ethical Reorientations
âKatharina Kunter
6 The Ecumenical Movement
âMelanie Duguid-May
7 Vatican II: How the First Global Council Transformed Catholicism
âGerard Mannion
8 Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, and Reorientation
âSiegfried Hermle
9 Christianity in the Context of Other World Religions: Interreligious Dynamics and Developments in the 20th Century
âFrieder Ludwig and Ulrike Schröder
10 The Christian Century? A History of Christianity in North America, 1900â2000
âHeath W. Carter
11 Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th Century
âVeit Strassner
12 African Christianity in the Twentieth Century
âAkintunde E. Akinade
13 African Christianity in the 20th Century â Part Two
âKevin Ward
14 Christianity in the Middle East, 1917â2017
âMitri Raheb
15 Christianities in Asia in the Twentieth Century (1910â2010)
âPeter C. Phan
16 Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
âGeoffrey Troughton
17 Christianity in Russia and Eastern Europe
âThomas Bremer
18 Christianity in Europe
âGrace Davie
Conclusions
âKevin Ward
Index of Names
Index of Places
Foreword Volume iii
List of Contributors
Introduction, 20th Century, Volume iii
âJens Holger Schjørring
Part 1 â¨Decades
1 Christianity in the First World War
âJens Holger Schjørring
2 Christianity in Europe and North America between the World Wars, 1918âc. 1939
âAndrew Chandler
3 Second World War
âHarry Oelke
4 Christianity in Europe and North America in the Age of the Cold War
âAndrew Chandler
Part 2 â¨Themes
5 Christianity, Human Rights, and Socio-Ethical Reorientations
âKatharina Kunter
6 The Ecumenical Movement
âMelanie Duguid-May
7 Vatican II: How the First Global Council Transformed Catholicism
âGerard Mannion
8 Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, and Reorientation
âSiegfried Hermle
9 Christianity in the Context of Other World Religions: Interreligious Dynamics and Developments in the 20th Century
âFrieder Ludwig and Ulrike Schröder
Part 3 â¨Continents
10 The Christian Century? A History of Christianity in North America, 1900â2000
âHeath W. Carter
11 Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th Century
âVeit Strassner
12 African Christianity in the Twentieth Century
âAkintunde E. Akinade
13 African Christianity in the 20th Century â Part Two
âKevin Ward
14 Christianity in the Middle East, 1917â2017
âMitri Raheb
15 Christianities in Asia in the Twentieth Century (1910â2010)
âPeter C. Phan
16 Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
âGeoffrey Troughton
17 Christianity in Russia and Eastern Europe
âThomas Bremer
18 Christianity in Europe
âGrace Davie
Conclusions
âKevin Ward
Index of Names
Index of Places
All interested in the global history of Christianity, its expansion, its relationships to societies and civilizations, and its internal confessional development. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and students and specialists in history, culture, and ecclesiology.