Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines

by Brian M. Howell

How do Filipino Baptists who sing in English, quote from James Dobson, and download sermon illustrations from Alabama understand themselves, and their faith, as "local?" Comparing four congregations of Southern Baptists in the Philippines, Howell argues that Christianity becomes a local context as aspects of daily life are brought together with the obviously borrowed elements of the faith. This book moves away from the split of "global" and "local"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023060661X
• ISBN13: 9780230606616
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 5.5"