1. Intra-Christian Violence and the Problematisation of the World Christian Paradigm.
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BRUNER, JASON and KIRKPATRICK, DAVID C.
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VIOLENCE , *CHRISTIANITY , *LITERATURE , *CRITICAL analysis - Abstract
Violence is a crucial lens for inquiring historically into Christianity worldwide. The field of World Christianity, however, has been oriented by a paradigm of growth, success and Christian converts' creative agency. This article establishes the need for a historiographical intervention in the literature on World Christianity through a critical analysis of texts that have formed the field, followed by examinations of anti-Evangelical violence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico, and Catholic-Protestant conflicts in colonial East Africa. These case studies identify lacunae in the field and suggest that violence has often been a constitutive part of the contextual formation of World Christianity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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