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RELI 2230

Global Christianity

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Survey of recent and current Christian movements around the world, both by region and thematically, with emphasis on institutions and networks that connect Christian communities across national boundaries. Special consideration is given to the cultural and political capacities of such Christian communities and networks.

2025

Readings

  • Douglas Jacobsen, The World’s Christians: Who they are, Where they are, and How They got There (2011). This is a comprehensive introduction to the subject. For some topics we
  • of the textbook digitally via MacOdrum library. Although there have been updated editions since 2011 (most recently, in 2021), we will be using the first edition because students have access to
  • that through the library at no further cost. If you decide to order a hard copy for yourself you may end up with a subsequent edition, in which case paginations given in this syllabus will not

Prerequisites & course information

Lecture three hours a week.

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