"Christianity in North America" is Published
What a thrill to have Christianity in North America published and out into the world. It was a long process to edit this book together during the pandemic, but the result is amazing. With contributors from across denominations, geographic areas, racial and gender diversity, we are so pleased with each chapter and every contributor to this wonderful volume.
This is volume 7 of the World Christianity Series published by Edinburgh University Press. What a joy it was to work with Drs. Todd Johnson and Kenneth Ross to edit this volume. Please order your copy today as well as the other volumes in this series.
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
Series Preface
Volume Preface
Contributors
Introduction
A Demographic Profile of Christianity in North America
Gina A. Zurlo
Christianity in North America
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Countries
First Nations Canada
Terry Leblanc
Anglophone Canada
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Francophone Canada
André Brouillette
Western United States
Eliza Young Barstow
Midwestern United States
David D. Daniels III
Southern United States
Otis W. Pickett and Noah R. Karger
Northeastern United States
Tyler Lenocker
United States: Native American
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson (Yankton Sioux)
United States: Black/African American
JoAnne Marie Terrell
United States: White
David P. Gushee and Isaac B. Sharp
United States: Hispanic
Samuel Rodriguez
United States: Asian American
Timothy Tseng
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Danielle DeLong
Greenland
Errol Martens
Bermuda
Kenneth R. Ross
Major Christian Traditions
Anglicans
Alan L. Hayes
Independents
Jeremy Paul Hegi
Orthodox
Anton C. Vrame
Protestants
Margaret Bendroth
Catholics
Christine Way Skinner
Evangelicals
Soong-Chan Rah
Pentecostals/Charismatics
Daniel D. Isgrigg
Key Themes
Faith and Culture
Miguel A. De La Torre
Worship and Spirituality
Grace Eun-Sun Lee
Theology
Dhawn B. Martin
Social and Political Context
Jim Wallis
Mission and Evangelism
Allen Yeh
Gender
Susan M. Shaw
Religious Freedom
Paul Marshall
Inter-religious Relations
Peter C. Phan
Immigration and Xenophobia
Sophia Park
Christian Nationalism
Daniel D. Miller
Ecology
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Media
Zachary Sheldon and Heidi A. Campbell
Conclusion
The Future of Christianity in North America
Robert Chao Romero
Appendices
Christianity by Country
Methodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation
Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo
Index
Editors:
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 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.
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