Global South

Globalization, Southern Christianity, and Proselytism

Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

Paul Freston Sunday, 1 March 2009

Christianity no longer flows unilaterally, from "Christendom" to "heathendom"; its flows are increasingly complex. Missions from the "Global South" must be assessed in the international context.

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Good News: Contemporary Christian Responses to Suffering

Vol. 2, No. 3 (Winter 2004)

Vinay Samuel Wednesday, 1 December 2004

The Christian response to developing world suffering is strong. Yet there are failures, and room for much improvement.  

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Compassion with an Attitude: A Humanitarian's View of Human Suffering

Vol. 2, No. 3 (Winter 2004)

Bryant Myers Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Those who have embraced incarnational empathy give sacrificially, challenge conventional wisdom, and pray.

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Faithfulness and the Dismal Science: An Economist Re-reads Rich Christians

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2003)

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Monday, 1 September 2003

A review of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, by Ronald J. Sider. 

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Evangelical Politics in the Third World: What’s Next for the ‘Next Christendom'

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2003)

Timothy Samuel Shah Monday, 1 September 2003

As the center of Christianity is shifting southward towards the developing world, misconceptions abound, and we must be careful not to think that it is America's brand of it.

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