Understanding World ChristianityRecent years have seen a paradigm shift in Christian self understanding. In place of the eurocentric model of "Christendom," a new understanding has emerged of Christianity as a "world" movement. At the cornerstone of this new perspective lies the work of a remarkable scholar, Andrew F. Walls, whose book, The Missionary Movement in Christian History (Orbis 1996) was named by Christianity Today as one of the hundred most influential books of the

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A Persistent Peace (Doubleday/Image) He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Paul D'Arcy shares her experience of living fully in the present in Waking Up to This Day

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the reader is brought to the door of a deep and potentially transformative experience

and Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton (Orbis

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What do the life and teachings of Jesus say about the nature of God

Matthew Colwell is pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena

"By sharing his own struggles

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