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(published Dec 2000; Oxford University Press)

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WORLD CHRISTIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

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WORLD CHRISTIAN TRENDS

The new (second) edition of the classic survey of the world's largest religion

Essential resource for every mission and church office, and every Christian school and library. New, completely revised, updated, expanded to chart the Christian world at the dawn of a new millennium.

• an encyclopedia
• a dictionary
• an atlas
• a directory
• ... and the definitive statistical handbook on Christianity past, present and future

• A global, regional, and national census of two billion Christians in 238 countries
• Detailed data on 33,800 Christian denominations, 3,445,000 churches or assemblies, 12,000 dioceses, 29,500 councils, alliances, or fellowships, and 200,000 other organizations.
• Index of 15,000 Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other religious organizations around the world.
• Religious, linguistic, and other data on 12,600 distinct ethnoreligious groups.
• Miniprofiles of the 270 largest world religions.
• Classification of 13,000 languages and dialects.
• The 470 names for God in 910 languages.
• Glossary of 480 key terms for analyzing global Christianity.

• summary tables of 167 social, political and religious indicators for 238 countries
• extensive reference section and atlas

Comprehensive profiles of 238 countries (tables, charts, maps, photographs and descriptive text). Extraordinary range of essential demographic, political, cultural, and religious information, standardized for easy country-to-country comparison.

• Christianity in 7,000 metropolises
• 12,600 ethnic peoples profiled
• 230 page survey of the world's cultures

Provides the data necessary for understanding the  geographical and cultural spread, and dimensions of global Christianity; its challenges and resources for engaging the world's cultures, religions, social spheres, languages, etc.

• chronology of thousands of significant events
• Who's Who of 1,800 religious leaders across 20 centuries
• Global survey of evangelism
• statistics on religious persecution
• 74 global diagrams
• economics and Christianity

WCT sets out a global overview of world Christianity, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating the country-by-country data reported in the new World Christian Encyclopedia. It provides a comprehensive empirical profile of the origins, spread, and current status of Christianity--from a detailed chronology of mission  and evangelization, to charts, diagrams, tables and text on evangelization, ministries, and Christian resources. Includes an interactive CD Rom with additional spreadsheet information.

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