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- Title: Studying and Doing Theologies in the Life of the Churches.
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 248 KB
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Introduction Over the past one hundred years, Christianity has experienced a profound Southern shift in its geographical centre of gravity. In 1893, 80 percent of those who professed the Christian faith lived in Europe and North America, while by the end of the twentieth century almost 60 percent lived in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. "Christianity began in the twentieth century as a Western religion, and indeed the Western religion; it ended the century as a non-Western religion, on track to become progressively more so." (1) Today, the churches of the global South are more typical representatives of Christianity than those in North America or Europe. In the midst of such a demographic shift, churches are asking themselves, "How well will Christianity navigate its increasingly diverse composition and Southern majority?"