Throughout history, the world's great religions have been profoundly shaped by their encounters with successive empires. Secular empires have provided the means by which religions achieve their global...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
Hong Kong, Mission, and the Evolution of Global Pentecostalism
by Alex R. Mayfield
Price: $59.99
ISBN: 9781481318976
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: November 2023
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2023-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
279 Pages
The Kaleidoscopic City explores the development of Pentecostalism in Hong Kong between 1907 and 1942. Focusing primarily on Pentecostal missionaries and the Chinese leaders who worked alongside them,...
In the twenty-first century, humanity faces both unprecedented existential threats and remarkable possibilities for development. While no one knows how things will unfold by century's end, it is...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
Historical Studies in Evangelicalism and the Global South
Edited by David W. Bebbington
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481317221
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: June 2022
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2022-06-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
256 Pages
The shift of the center of gravity in world Christianity from the Global North to the Global South was arguably the most important development in the faith during the twentieth century. One of the most...
Many scholars have documented how migration from Latin America to the United States shapes the interconnected spheres of religious participation, political engagement, and civic formation in host countries....
Recently the scholarly community and popular media have highlighted the denial of science by conservative Christians, linking a low view of scientific expertise to the United States' current cultural...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
From the politics of Glenn Beck to reality television's Big Love and the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, Mormons have become a recognizable staple of mainstream popular culture. And while most...
While Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone (2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital--an ironic omission since religion...
A pioneering study at the intersection of religion and media, Small Screen, Big Picture treats television as a virtual meeting place where Americans across racial, ethnic, economic and religious lines...
American Evangelicals and the Challenge of Environmentalism
by Melanie Gish
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481311731
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2020
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2020-10-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
272 Pages
Although evangelicals and environmentalists at large still find themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly contentious issue, there is a counternarrative that has received less attention. Since...
In an increasingly connected world, the question of how different religious traditions relate to one another is more urgent than ever. The study of interreligious encounters and relations, by no means...
When talking about the relationship between religion and flourishing, the first task is to frame the question theologically and philosophically, and this entails taking seriously the potential challenges...
The Demographic Revolution and the Transformation of World Religions
by Philip Jenkins
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781481311311
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: July 2020
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2020-06-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
270 Pages
Demography drives religious change. High-fertility societies, like most of contemporary Africa, tend to be fervent and devout. The lower a population’s fertility rates, the greater the tendency for...
