Buddhism offers a clear answer. With Christianity, it’s more complex.
Notes from the Global Church
Philip Jenkins charts developments in the Two-Thirds World
Image: Accra, Ghana. Some rights reserved by Jonatan Freund.
The island is a microcosm of the world’s religions—and of their wars.
The Danish TV series portrays the choppy waters of European Christianity.
He was a patriarch in the Maronite Church, a diplomatic interfaith leader, and a local power broker.
The creation of a new body echoes old hostilities.
The 21 men murdered in 2015 will be remembered long after the era of ISIL is forgotten.
Future historians will identify the past quarter century as a time of real excitement and innovation.
How on earth did this happen?
Behind Roma is a complex history of indigenous lives and faiths.
What began as a colonial land grab became the ground of martyrdom.
Amid a chaotic political situation in the DRC, churches are fighting for human rights.
Churches continue to work at the grassroots to see the peace deal implemented.
Mayan culture and rituals have persisted since their days of ancient glory—but not without major upheavals.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God has 5 million members—66 years after it began.
Christians organized the first relief agencies. Now Sikh, Muslim, and Buddhist groups abound.
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