Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish scholarly works of high merit on relations between believers of various streams of Christianity, as well as relations between believers of Christianity and other religions. We welcome studies from all disciplines, including multi- and interdisciplinary studies, which focus on intra- and inter-religious relations and are non-denominational.
Editorial Board
Francis Clooney (Cambridge, USA)
Fatimah Husein (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Jonathan Tan (Cleveland, USA)
Abdulkader Tayob (Cape Town, South Africa)
Jorge Castillo Guerra (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Confucianism and Christianity: Interreligious Dialogue on the Theology of Mission
1st Edition
Edited
By Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
May 30, 2022
This book reflects on three broad themes of Confucian-Christian relations to assist in the appreciation of the church’s theology of mission. While the themes of this volume are theological in orientation, the dialogue is engaged in from an interdisciplinary approach that prioritises the act of ...
Global Protestant Missions: Politics, Reform, and Communication, 1730s-1930s
1st Edition
Edited
By Jenna M. Gibbs
March 31, 2021
The book investigates facets of global Protestantism through Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples and political reform endeavours in a global purview that spans the 1730s to the 1930s. The book uses key examples to ...
Moral and Spiritual Leadership in an Age of Plural Moralities
1st Edition
Edited
By Hans Alma, Ina ter Avest
December 18, 2020
In crisis situations, such as terror attacks or societal tensions caused by migration, people tend to look for explicit moral and spiritual leadership and are often inclined to vote for so-called 'strong leaders'. Is there a way to resist the temptation of the simplistic solutions that these ‘...
Catholic Missionaries and Their Work with the Poor: Mitigating Market-Government Failure in Emerging Nations
1st Edition
By Albino Barrera
September 30, 2020
This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market’s and government’s inability to provide vital services. Its key theoretical contribution is the notion that poverty is the result of a triadic failure—when markets, government, and civil society ...
Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Elias Kifon Bongmba
August 14, 2020
Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction,...
The Decline of Established Christianity in the Western World: Interpretations and Responses
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Silas Peterson
December 12, 2019
While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this applies primarily to the older established forms of Christianity. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations of and ...