Philip Jenkins Livres

"The United States continues to be the world's most powerful nation, an enormous driver of culture and technology. The present century has witnessed many momentous and controversial developments, the full significance of which may take many years to come to light. Rethinking a Nation offers an ambitious and nuanced survey of US history since 2000, presenting an essential insight into the current state of US affairs and their likely future course. From the impact of the 9/11 attacks to the election and administration of Donald Trump, Philip Jenkins' ground-breaking study illuminates a time of change as rapid and revolutionary as any in the nation's history. This is an important introduction for students of History, American Studies and Politics taking courses on modern American history. Tracing tectonic shifts in attitudes to gender and sexuality, traumatic debates over historical memory and fundamental changes in approaches to climate change, it is also perfect for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary US."--Back cover.

In He Will Save You From the Deadly Pestilence, acclaimed religious scholar Philip Jenkins illustrates how the evolving uses of Psalm 91 allow us to map developing ideas about religion and the supernatural, theology and politics, medicine and mysticism.

A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know today

The book explores Pennsylvania's role as a significant industrial state during the early 1950s, highlighting its intense anti-Communist activism. It delves into the Cold War's political and social effects, analyzing how the Red Scare influenced party politics, the labor movement, ethnic groups, educational institutions, and religious organizations. Through this examination, Jenkins reveals the state's complex landscape shaped by radical traditions and the pervasive climate of fear and suspicion during this tumultuous period.

The Untold Story of the Church's First Thousand Years In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, revealing that for centuries Christianity's center existed to the east of the Roman Empire.

List of Tables.- List of Maps.- Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Unnamed Lands: The European Settlement, 1492-1765.- 2. Revolution and Nation Building, 1765-1825.- 3. Expansion and Crisis, 1825-65.- 4. Cities and Industry, 1865-1917.- 5. War and Globalism, 1917-56.- 6. Only Yesterday: The United... číst celé

The first edition of The Next Christendom has been hailed as a landmark in our understanding of modern Christianity. In this new and substantially expanded second edition, Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expanion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and LatinAmerica--as well as the clash betwen Islam and Christianity since September 11. Among the major topics covered are the growing schism between Northern and Southern churches over issues of gender and sexuality, immigrant and ethnic churches in North America, and a special section on the split withinthe Anglican Communion. The first in a three-book trilogy on the changes besetting modern Christianity, this award-winning book will be welcomed by all of those who have come to recognize Philip Jenkins as one of our leading commentators on religion and world affairs.

What does the future hold for European Christianity? Is the Christian church doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants? Is Europe, in short, on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"? Though many pundits are loudly predicting just such a scenario, Philip Jenkins reveals the flaws in these arguments in God's Continent and offers a much more measured assessment of Europe's religious future. While frankly acknowledging current tensions, Jenkins shows, for instance, that the overheated rhetoric about a Muslim-dominated Europe is based on politically convenient myths: that Europe is being imperiled by floods of Muslim immigrants, exploding Muslim birth-rates, and the demise of European Christianity. He points out that by no means are Muslims the only new immigrants in Europe. Christians from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe are also pouring into the Western countries, and bringing with them a vibrant and enthusiastic faith that is helping to transform the face of European Christianity. Jenkins agrees that both Christianity and Islam face real difficulties in surviving within Europe's secular culture. But instead of fading away, both have adapted, and are adapting. Yes, the churches are in decline, but there are also clear indications that Christian loyalty and devotion survive, even as institutions crumble. Jenkins sees encouraging signs of continuing Christian devotion in Europe, especially in pilgrimages that attract millions--more in fact than in bygone "ages of faith."--Publisher

This new and substantially expanded edition of Philip Jenkins's influential book The Next Christendom tracks the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the implications of that shift in numbers and influence away from the traditional Christian heartlands of Europe and North America.

"[The author] draws out the complex relationship between religion and climate change. He shows that the religious movements and ideas that emerge from climate shocks often last for many decades, and become a familiar part of the religious landscape, even though their origins in particular moments of crisis may be increasingly consigned to remote memory" -- From jacket flap.