In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, 菲利普·詹金斯繼續闡述基督教在南半球的顯著擴張,en,在非洲,en,亞洲,en,和拉丁美洲,en,借鑒近年來在該主題上出現的廣泛的新學術成果,en,他詢問新基督教可能如何影響窮人,en,之中,en,菲利普·詹金斯的《基督教失落的歷史》為基督教會的歷史提供了革命性的觀點,en,副標題為“中東教會的千年黃金時代”,en,非洲,en,和亞洲——以及它是如何消亡的,en,”它探討了最早的物種的滅絕,en,中國最具影響力的基督教會,en,印度,en,和中東,en–in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity is likely to affect the poor, among whom it finds its most devoted adherents. How should we interpret the enormous success of prosperity churches across the Global South? Politically, what will be the impact of new Christian movements? Will Christianity contribute to liberating the poor, to give voices to the previously silent, or does it threaten only to bring new kinds of division and conflict? Does Christianity liberate women, or introduce new scriptural bases for subjection?
