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24%OFFRobert Wuthnow - Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches - 9780520268081 - V9780520268081
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Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches

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Description for Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches Paperback. Looking at American Christianity in relation to globalization, this book shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in US policies and programs abroad. It refutes that US churches have turned away from the global church and overseas missions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
In "Boundless Faith", the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in U.S. policies and programs abroad. These changes, he argues, can be seen in the growth of support at home for missionaries and churches in other countries and in the large number of Americans who participate in short-term volunteer efforts abroad. These outreaches include building orphanages, starting microbusinesses, and setting up computer networks. Drawing on a comprehensive survey that was conducted ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268081
SKU
V9780520268081
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About Robert Wuthnow
Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His many books include After Heaven: Spirituality in America since the 1950s, All in Sync: How Music and Art Are Revitalizing American Religion, and Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist, all from UC Press. With ... Read more

Reviews for Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches
"A clear and systemic discussion of a topic that has too often been dominated by polemics."
Timothy Renick Christian Century "Compelling... a vivid portrait of the interaction between American Christianity and the rest of the world and the future of this relationship." Foreword "Wuthnow's latest sociological masterpiece."
Richard Fox Young Theology Today "An erudite and readable account." Publishers ... Read more

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