More than Numbers: David B. Barrett and the Twentieth-Century Historiography of World Christianity

Abstract This article argues that David Barrett’s (1927–2011) World Christian Encyclopedia (1982) presented the first comprehensive quantitative assessment of membership in all branches of the church and provided a new intellectual framework that shaped contemporary understandings of world Christian...

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Veröffentlicht in:William Carlos Williams Review. - Pennsylvania State University Press. - 8(2018), 2, Seite 89-108
1. Verfasser: Zurlo, Gina A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:William Carlos Williams Review
Schlagworte:world Christianity history of mission missiology Kenya Church Missionary Society
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