Introduction
Global data on Christianity is an essential part of doing research in Global Contextual Theology. The ORU Library has provided a number of different resources that provide data and articles on the state of global Christianity. See the links below for some of the best sources. In these you will find the following:
- County data
- Population data
- Profiles of various regions
- Articles on the state of global Christianity and the Spirit-empowered Movement.
Global Statistics
World Christian Encyclopedia (ONLINE) by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781474403238Publication Date: 2019World Christian Encyclopedia by
Call Number: BR95 .W67 2020 ReferenceISBN: 9781474403238Publication Date: 2019
- eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Spirit-empowered Movement
- Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online This link opens in a new window
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780875806723Publication Date: 2012The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780521188388Publication Date: 2014The Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism, Volume One by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781532661334Publication Date: 2018The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements by
Call Number: BR1644 .D53 2002 Reference and Holy Spirit Resource CenterISBN: 0310224810Publication Date: 2002Introduction to Spirit-empowered Christianity (Ebook) by
Call Number: Web bookPublication Date: 2020A book published by ORU about the current state of global Spirit-empowered Christianity. It provides data on Pentecostal and Charismatic churches and denomination from demographers Todd Johnson and Gina Zurlo.
- Consortium of Pentecostal ArchivesThe CPA website provides free access to digitized publications documenting the global Pentecostal and charismatic movements. Organized in 2011, the CPA is a collaborative effort among archives within the Pentecostal and charismatic traditions to make publications accessible online.
The Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781138580893Publication Date: 2020
Global Christianity
Atlas of Global Christianity by
Call Number: G1046.E42 A85 2009 ReferenceISBN: 9780748632671Publication Date: 2009Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9789004265394Publication Date: 2016Evangelicals Around the World by
Call Number: BR1640 .E93 2015ISBN: 9781401678531Publication Date: 2015
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781442271562Publication Date: 2018Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity by
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781474439824Publication Date: 2019
- History of Global Christianity Online This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window