The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There, 2nd Edition

.\nThis accessible textbook describes Christianity, the world’s largest religion, in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. No other publication includes so much information or presents it so clearly and winsomely. This volume employs a “religious studies” approach that is neutral in tone yet accommodates the lived experiences of Christians in different traditions and from all regions of the globe. The World’s Christians is a perfect textbook for either public university classrooms or liberal arts campuses.\nDivided into three parts, the text first describes the world’s four largest Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal) which together account for roughly 98 percent of all Christians worldwide. A second section focuses on Christian history, explaining the movement’s developing ideas and practices and examining Christianity’s engagement with people and cultures around the world. The third and longest portion of the text details the distinctive experiences, contemporary challenges, and demographics of Christians in nine geographic regions, including the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Eastern and Western Europe, South Asia, North America, East Asia, and Oceania.\nThe second edition of this popular text has been thoroughly rewritten to take recent developments into account, and each chapter now includes two primary source readings, highlighting the diversity of voices that exist within the world Christian movement. Like the first edition, the revised text is enhanced with easily understandable maps, charts, tables and illustrative photographs. In summary, this new and improved second edition of The World’s Christians is:\nwritten in a clear style that readers will find engaging\nenriched by the addition of thought-provoking primary source readings\nthoroughly revised to bring the story of Christianity up to the 2020s\nmore geographically comprehensive than any competing text\nmore theologically/ecclesiastically comprehensive than any competing text\namply illustrated with maps, charts, tables, and photographs\nperfect for use in the classroom or for general readers who want to understand the full diversity of Christianity as it currently exists around the world\nThe World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There 2nd Edition is written by Douglas Jacobsen and published by Wiley-Blackwell. ISBNs for The World's Christians are 9781119626121, 1119626129 and the print ISBNs are 9781119626107, 1119626102.