A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990

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A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990 is written by Klaus Koschorke and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1467425176 (ISBN 10) and 9781467425179 (ISBN 13).

The map of world Christianity has changed dramatically in just the last century. Today the majority of Christians live in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, making Christianity a world religion as never before in history. Given that global reality, Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig, and Mariano Delgado, in cooperation with Roland Spliesgart have created the first comparative documentary history of Christianity for these regions covering the period 1450–1990. Taking the changing ecumenical conditions into account, this volume enlarges the horizon of classical church historiography. In contrast to the prevailing Western perspectives on the history of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, voice is given here to the multitude of local initiatives, specific experiences, and varieties of Christianity in very diverse cultural contexts -- addressing such questions as the colonial conquest, slavery, and the demand for ecclesiastical independence.