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  • The World's Christians

    Who they are, Where they are, and How they got there

    by Douglas Jacobsen ...
    Written by an award-winning author, this well-organized and comprehensive introduction to global Christianity illuminates the many ways the world's Christians live their faith today.Covers the entire globe: Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as Europe, North America, and the PacificProvides impartial, in-depth descriptions of the world's four major Christian traditions: Orthodox, Catholic, ... Read more

    $47.75 USD

  • Global Gospel

    An Introduction to World Christianity

    by Douglas Jacobsen ...
    In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes Christianity as a dynamic, worldwide faith. Highlighting Christianity's four largest traditions (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Pentecostalism), Global Gospel explains both the shared history and the regional distinctives of Christian faith in Africa, Asia (including the Pacific), Europe, Latin ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry

    Thinking as Pilgrimage

    by Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen ...
    America has entered a new intellectual era in which personal identity is assumed to play a significant role in how every person thinks. Today's academy acknowledges that who we are shapes how we view ourselves and the world, which unavoidably injects religion, spirituality, secularity, and faith-a person's deepest convictions, commitment, hopes, fears, and loyalties-into the thinking process. The ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • What is Christianity?

    by Douglas Jacobsen ...
    What Is Christianity? provides a fascinating overview of the world’s largest religion, weaving history, theology, spirituality, denominational divisions, and global growth into a single compelling story. Written in clear and captivating prose that requires no previous knowledge of Christianity, it describes the religion inspired by Jesus as a living faith that is still changing and developing ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • The World's Christians

    Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There

    by Douglas Jacobsen ...
    This 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 ... Read more

    $41.00 USD

  • Global Gospel

    An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

    by Douglas Jacobsen ...
    In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes global Christianity and provides a framework for understanding the varied experiences of Christians around the world. Focusing on the five big continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America, Jacobsen recounts their differing histories, contemporary experiences, and cultural theologies. In the current ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Gracious Christianity

    Living the Love We Profess

    by Douglas Jacobsen, Rodney Sawatsky ...
    What does our culture think of when the word Christian is mentioned? Unfortunately, stereotypes and misconceptions abound, and those who follow Christ are sometimes considered mean-spirited, narrow-minded, and uncharitable.Douglas Jacobsen and Rodney Sawatsky provide a blueprint for recovering a vibrant faith as they demonstrate how believers can manifest the fruit of the Spirit to a watching ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Scholarship and Christian Faith

    Enlarging the Conversation

    by Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen ...
    This book enters a lively discussion about religious faith and higher education in America that has been going on for a decade or more. During this time many scholars have joined the debate about how best to understand the role of faith in the academy at large and in the special arena of church-related Christian higher education. The notion of faith-informed scholarship has, of course, figured ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • The American University in a Postsecular Age

    Edited by Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Jacobsen ...
    For much of the twentieth century, it was assumed that higher education was and ought to be a secular enterprise, but that approach no longer suffices. The culture has shifted, and contemporary college and university students are increasingly bringing religious and spiritual questions to campus. In response, college and university leaders are exploring anew the relationship between religion and ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • No Longer Invisible

    Religion in University Education

    by Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, Douglas Jacobsen ...
    Winner of a 2013 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award Drawing on conversations with hundreds of professors, co-curricular educators, administrators, and students from institutions spanning the entire spectrum of American colleges and universities, the Jacobsens illustrate how religion is constructively intertwined with the work of higher education in the twenty-first ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

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  • The Triumph of Christianity

    How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

    by Rodney Stark ...
    The religious historian and author of God's Battalions delivers an accessible and illuminating account of Christianity's rise in the West.In The Triumph of Christianity, celebrated sociologist and religious historian Rodney Stark traces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal and controversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world's largest religion ... Read more

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  • The Future of Catholicism

    by Michael Coren ...
    From the author of the bestselling Why Catholics Are Right, a perfectly timed book on the new Vatican -- where it is, where it needs to go, and why it is more relevant than ever.When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, became Pope Francis in March 2013, there were almost 6,000 journalists in Rome to cover the Papal election. Some of them reported on the conclave with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD