As one dives into the book, “The Next Christendom”, one can be completely inspired, disappointed, or even challenged to make a difference in the world. Phillip Jenkins writes a marvelous piece about the spread of Global Christianity, and some of the challenges and trends over the years. In addition to the past, Jenkins goes as far as projecting the future of Christianity in the years 2050. For Jenkins writes, since the 1950’s theologians, Christian scholars have seen a large trend / vision of Christianity moving south (Jenkins, 4). Not south as Texas or Oklahoma, but to places of the southern hemisphere, such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This is one of the major things that Jenkins addresses in his book “The Next Christendom”. As one ventures into the
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There was a section that Jenkins writes about the message that is proclaimed in the US / Western World, this message is one that appears to be catering to the minds of those it encounters, and appears to be a whole lot more metaphorical, and less literal (Jenkins, 270). Where as it appears that the Global South, is much more literal, and can relate personally to the poverty in the scriptures as well as the end times. I spent some time in Uganda, and it was amazing how much clearer I saw the scriptures that spoke on the poor, and caring for those on the periphery of society. Jenkins believes these areas of the developing world can relate to what the rule and reign of empires were doing to the people in Biblical times, due to the corruption and political issues of some of these countries in the south. To Jenkins it appears that south, might have different insight and perspective when it comes to the scripture, based on their experiences of
There was a section that Jenkins writes about the message that is proclaimed in the US / Western World, this message is one that appears to be catering to the minds of those it encounters, and appears to be a whole lot more metaphorical, and less literal (Jenkins, 270). Where as it appears that the Global South, is much more literal, and can relate personally to the poverty in the scriptures as well as the end times. I spent some time in Uganda, and it was amazing how much clearer I saw the scriptures that spoke on the poor, and caring for those on the periphery of society. Jenkins believes these areas of the developing world can relate to what the rule and reign of empires were doing to the people in Biblical times, due to the corruption and political issues of some of these countries in the south. To Jenkins it appears that south, might have different insight and perspective when it comes to the scripture, based on their experiences of