Christianity in North America - (Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity) by Kenneth R Ross & Grace Ji-Sun Kim & Todd M Johnson (Hardcover)

About the Book

The seventh volume in EUP's highly acclaimed Atlas of Global Christianity, which takes the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail.

Book Synopsis

Building on the success of EUP's highly acclaimed Atlas of Global Christianity, this volume is the seventh in a series of reference works that takes the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail. It focuses on Christianity in North America, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by locally based scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyzes key themes, and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every part of North America, this volume will become a standard work of reference in its field.

Review Quotes

This book has made an important beginning at explaining its subject in terms of Christianity viewed globally.--Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame "International Bulletin of Mission Research"

This is an important book at a time when religion is undergoing a significant paradigm shift on levels of affiliation, doctrine and practice. Readers will certainly find here a wealth of insights and information here to reflect on.--Ilia Delio, Villanova University

This volume covers a wide breadth of topics such as racial justice and gender justice, and includes regional issues as well as denominational concerns. The contributors all provide diverse voices and considerations to pertinent issues of our time in North America. A wonderful volume for scholars, students and the church.--Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Vanderbilt University

About the Author

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University, and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria. Earlier he served as General Secretary of the Church of Scotland Board of World Mission and, since 2012, has been an adviser to the World Council of Churches. He has published extensively on many different aspects of World Christianity, including the highly successful EUP book, The Atlas of Global Christianity 1910-2010, co-edited with Todd M. Johnson. Since 2013, Ross and Johnson have collaborated as Series Editors of the EUP Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity.

Grace Ji-Sun Kim was born in Korea, educated in Canada, and now teaches in the United States as Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of 21 books, most recently, Invisible, Keeping Hope Alive and Intersectional Theology. She is the host of Madang podcast which is hosted by the Christian Century and is an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. More of her writing and work can be found on her blog site Loving Life. Her work can also be accessed at her substack: Loving Life.

Todd M. Johnson is Paul E. and Eva B. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA. Johnson is Associate Faculty at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs leading a research project on international religious demography. He has published encyclopedias, atlases, databases, monographs, and scholarly articles on counting religionists around the world.