World Christian Encyclopedia Online
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Subject: Religious Studies
Authors: Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo
This in the online version of the 3rd edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia, which documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. It records the continued shift of Christianity to the Global South and contains estimates for religious and nonreligious affiliation in every country of the world, including detail on Christianity to the denominational level. This reference work features comprehensive descriptions of all Christian traditions, including current information on the uniqueness of Christian experiences around the world.
The online version is fully text searchable, contains cross references and additional photo material.
More information: Brill.com
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This in the online version of the 3rd edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia, which documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. It records the continued shift of Christianity to the Global South and contains estimates for religious and nonreligious affiliation in every country of the world, including detail on Christianity to the denominational level. This reference work features comprehensive descriptions of all Christian traditions, including current information on the uniqueness of Christian experiences around the world.
The online version is fully text searchable, contains cross references and additional photo material.
More information: Brill.com
Abbreviations
(6,654 words)
AAAugustinians of the Assumption
AACArmenian Apostolic Church
AACAfrican Apostolic Church
AACIApostolic Assemblies of Christ Int
AACJMAfrican Apostolic Church of Johane Maranka
AAECAssociation of African Earthkeeping Churches
AAEMAustralian Aborigines Evangelical Mission
AALCAmerican Association of Lutheran Churches
AAMAmerican Advent Mission
AAMCAfrican Apostolic Mission Church of Nigeria
ABAAmerican Baptist Association
ABCAfrican Brotherhood Church
ABCAssam Baptist Convention
ABCCArunachal Baptist Church Council
ABCFMAmerican Board of Commissioners …
Acknowledgments
(572 words)
Research centres of three different Christian traditions on three continents produced the first edition of the
World Christian Encyclopedia in the 1960s and 1970s: the Unit of Research of the Church of the Province of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya; Anglican); the International Federation of Institutes for Socio-Religious Research (FERES; Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; Catholic); and the Missions Advanced Research and Communication Center (MARC; Monrovia, California, USA; nondenominational Evangelical Protestant). David B. Ba…
Afghanistan
(2,794 words)
Dê Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūrīyat (The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
Demographics (United Nations) Population 38,055,000 Area 650,000 sq. km (250,000 sq. mi) Population density 58/sq. km (150/sq. mi) Growth rate p.a. 2.44% (per 1,000: births 29, deaths 6) Under 15 years 41% Urban dwellers 26% (3.34% p.a.) Largest cities Kabul 4,222,000; Herat 606,000; Mazar-e Sharif 533,000; Kandahar 498,000
Languages & peoples (World Christian Database) Mother tongues 37% Pushto, 28% Persian, 10% Uzbek, 8% Hazaragi, 5% Turkmen, plus 53 others Peoples 31% Southern Pathan; 25% Afghan Taji…
Africa
(1,719 words)
Demographics Population 1,352,622,000 Population density 45/sq. km (120/sq. mi) Growth rate p.a. 2.52% (per 1,000: births 31.50, deaths 7.70) Under 15 years 40% Urban dwellers 43% (3.65% p.a.) Largest city Cairo, Egypt (20,901,000) Largest language Egyptian Spoken Arabic (5%) Largest people Egyptian Arab (5%)
Socioeconomics Development Index (max 100) 54.2 Corruption Index (max 100) 70 Income per capita (US$) $4,587 Education 33% Adult literacy 62% Internet users 24%
Health Physicians per 10,000 3.9 Infant mortality per 1,000 41 Life expectancy 65 HIV per 1,000 34 Malaria per 1,…