Nagy, Dorottya (2017) World Christianity as a Theological Approach: A Reflection on Central and Eastern Europe. In: Relocating World Christianity. Interdisciplinary Studies in Universal and Local Expressions of the Christian Faith. Theology and Mission in World Christianity, 7 . Brill, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 143-161. ISBN 978-90-04-34262-0
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This chapter argues that the term ‘World Christianity’ represents a multidisciplinary theological approach in researching Christianity worldwide. This is instead of regarding it as a new field, discipline or phenomenon, as is more usually done by scholars. In order to sketch out the ways in which a theological World Christianity approach could be understood, the chapter takes Central and Eastern Europe as its field of reference, particularly Hungary and Romania. In doing so, it seeks to problematise both normal scholarly perspectives in existing studies in World Christianity and a number of ecclesial and theological assumptions commonly made about Christianity in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, this chapter’s focus on Central and Eastern Europe illustrates the complexity inherent to the study of Christianity worldwide. In a scholarship densely populated by theories of ‘global South shift’ (Robert 2000; Jenkins 2011 [2002]),literature on Christianity world wide tends to neglect Central and Eastern Europe, with only a few exceptions(see, for example, Farhadian2012; Goodwin 2009). Before delving into a proposed new World Christianity approach, however, the chapter explains the problems of terminology that have made this rethinking so necessary.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Global History, Religious Studies, Comparative Religion, World Christianity, Religion and Society |
| Subjects: | A Church/mission history B Mission theology/theory H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries Central Europe Former Soviet Union |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2021 09:04 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2021 09:04 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2000 |
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