Summary Of The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity written by Philip Jenkins looks over religion as a whole in the future. Philip Jenkins was a Distinguished Professor of History in 1973 and was the Co-Director for Baylor's Program on Historical Studies of Religion, he has studied the Bible and the Quran. The main religion being Christianity, as it flows South to other countries such as Central America and southern Asia and Africa. Jenkins also covers “The Rise of Christianity” where he predicts that it will increase in the coming years. The world would be moving from secularism to non-secular as the Northern states and countries are urbanized. The Southern countries are not urbanized, they believe in the practice of spirituality. In the Next Christendom, Jenkins also predicted that there will be a big population growth in the next coming years as Christianity spreads. Christianity as a whole can be adapted to many different cultures, as it is not as strict as many other religions such as Muslims. In other religions you would have to be

One of the most enjoyable points that Jenkins has done within the book was that he posed questions. The reader would be very engaged in the book and the Jenkins would pose questions that would cause the reader to stop and ponder for a moment. Jenkins had questions such as “Are these people “really” Catholic?” Page 132 (Digital Download Book). This was a question he asked because many Americans consider themselves to be Christian, but deny the church on certain points. They reject some of the doctrines that the church preaches, but yet they mark themselves off as Christians. The reader can have a different answer to the question, Jenkins simply states “For present purposes, my view is that if they consider themselves Catholic, then that is what they are.” Page 132 (Digital Download