Notes from the Global Church

Notes from the Global Church

Philip Jenkins charts developments in the Two-Thirds World

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Aussie Christians

May 09, 2012 by Philip Jenkins

Among modern nations, a British imperial background seems to be correlated to secularism. But in Australia, the story is more complex.

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Betrayal of the faithful

Apr 12, 2012 by Philip Jenkins

For some Christians, the menace of apostasy is anything but distant or theoretical.

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Whose holy ground?

Mar 08, 2012 by Philip Jenkins

“You are here to kneel,” wrote Eliot, “where prayer has been valid.” But which prayers are valid at the Mezquita Catedral, or at Hagia Sophia?

Muslims and Barnabas

Feb 16, 2012 by Philip Jenkins

Any Christian who travels in Muslim countries or on the frontier between the faiths may well encounter the Gospel of Barnabas and be asked to respond to its claims.

New Christians in Israel

Jan 17, 2012 by Philip Jenkins

The Christian population in Israel has begun to swell again, drawing on wholly different sources than in the past.

The three days of Timkat

Dec 26, 2011 by Philip Jenkins

May I wish you all a blessed Timkat season. Tim­kat, I should explain, is an important festival of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia.

Memories of persecution

Nov 18, 2011 by Philip Jenkins

Once upon a time—and not long ago—there was another Europe. The religious story of communist Europe, in which Christians suffered horrific persecutions, is forgotten by most Americans today.

Within the African canon

Oct 27, 2011 by Philip Jenkins

Here is my unscientific rule: if Martin Luther treated a biblical book with disdain, then that book is really popular in modern Africa.