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The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000 Paperback – Illustrated, October 6, 2015

by Scott W. Sunquist (Author), Mark A. Noll (Foreword)
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2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology, American Society of Missiology

Named an Outstanding Mission Book of 2015, International Bulletin of Mission Research

In 1900 many assumed the twentieth century would be a Christian century because Western "Christian empires" ruled most of the world. What happened instead is that Christianity in the West declined dramatically, the empires collapsed, and Christianity's center moved to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. How did this happen so quickly? Respected scholar and teacher Scott Sunquist surveys the most recent century of Christian history, highlighting epochal changes in global Christianity. He also suggests lessons we can learn from this remarkable global Christian reversal. Ideal for an introduction to Christianity or a church history course, this book includes a foreword by Mark Noll.
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The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity

"It would be hard to overestimate the valuable contribution Scott Sunquist has made to our understanding of the global Christian movement. This short volume illustrates the point. His knowledge is encyclopedic, his perspective fresh. This volume serves as an excellent introduction to what appeared at the beginning to be the century of Western dominance but ended up being so very different. As Sunquist intimates, we are witnessing the most dramatic century of change since the early Christian period."
--Gerald L. Sittser, Whitworth University; author of Water from a Deep Well

"This book provides a learned overview of major themes in twentieth-century world Christianity. Distinguished scholar Scott Sunquist, writing from an insider Christian perspective, shows how such factors as migration, persecution, the decline of Western Christianity, and Pentecostalism have created a religion far different from that of a century ago. He balances depth and breadth in a readable format and, in so doing, provides a valuable addition to the growing body of scholarship on world Christianity."
--Dana L. Robert, Boston University; author of Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion

"This volume places us in Sunquist's debt for extending the Christian story beyond the familiar clichés, luminaries, and events of conventional Western church histories to a trajectory that includes and accounts for the fecund world of Christianity in the global South. Full of surprises, this is an astounding, fast-moving story, whose latest chapter was not and could not have been predicted by earlier generations of church historians."
--Jonathan J. Bonk, Overseas Ministries Study Center

"A godsend for opening up a vitally important history and pointing the way toward responsible Christian life in the future."
--Mark A. Noll (from the foreword)

About the Author

Scott W. Sunquist (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He previously served as dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and professor of world Christianity at Fuller Theological Seminary. Sunquist is author of The Unexpected Christian Century, winner of the 2015 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from The American Society of Missiology, and the Christianity Today Book Award winner Understanding Christian Mission. He is also coauthor of the multivolume History of the World Christian Movement and coeditor of A Dictionary of Asian Christianity.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic; Illustrated edition (October 6, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801097460
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801097461
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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Scott W. Sunquist is the President and professor of missiology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton Massachusetts. Prior to his appointment at Gordon-Conwell, he was Dean of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary (2012-2019) and before that he served for 17 years as Professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Previously Sunquist and his wife, Nancy, were missionaries with the Presbyterian Church, USA in the Republic of Singapore, where he was a lecturer in church history, ecumenics, and Asian Christianity at Trinity Theological College (1987-1995). During this time he also served as pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Singapore. Prior to this he was a campus staff member for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship in both Virginia and Massachusetts. Sunquist has four children and twelve grandchildren.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars A Christian History of the Church
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    A thorough, readable history of the peculiar, surprising, disappointing, yet hopeful course of the Christian church in the twentieth century, examined through multiple unique “lenses” or perspectives. Loved it!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Condensed and beautiful!
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    This book is a wonderful picture of Christianity in the 20th century. God has used many events to bring about His glory, and the author provides countless of those details in a thoughtful way.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Introduction to a Turbulent Century
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    Overall, this is a very good and useful book. As a fairly informed Catholic, I see parallels between the experiences of my church and that of our "separated brothers:" the collapse of Christendom in the first-world balanced by the rise of a vibrant third-world Christianity. As part of an overall picture of Christianity, this book provides an essential introduction on its growth and shifts in the last century. However, as a global survey of such a momentous period, it could not provide details on any one individual, country, or movement. I suppose that this could be a criticism of any textbook, no matter how well written: to cover everything essential to the overall picture, the view must remain very high level, and the story has to shift quickly from one topic to the next. Perhaps the worth of such a book can be judged by whether the reader is left wanting to learn more; in that sense, the book worked for me.
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  • Steve Shadrach
    5.0 out of 5 stars PROFOUND
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    Enjoying this immensely. VERY enlightening. THANKS Scott!!
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  • Gwen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Relevant Study of the 20th Century Church
    Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2015
    The Unexpected Christian Century examines the movements affecting Global Christianity in the 20th century. The book is extremely well-researched, and yet, like all of Sunquist's books, it remains readable. As a resource for scholars, or information for general audiences, the book has great takeaways for anyone interested in global Christian movements.

    The thematic orientation works well for the book. Being that the book tackles more recent history, I appreciated being less muddled up in a timeline of events and more in thematic threads that continue to affect the church today. In fact, all of the themes remain relevant as Christianity continues to ebb and flow under the influences of various powers and movements on the world stage.
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  • Sue
    5.0 out of 5 stars I found the chapter on migration to be particularly relevant ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2015
    I found the chapter on migration to be particularly relevant as the church in the west must deal with the new reality. We in the west need to be tuned to the Spirit's work instead of relaxing in our comfort zones.
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  • Geoff Charnley
    3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting compilation
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2017
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    Useful if you were studying christian theology. I don,t think it gives the answers to the dynamic shift that happened.
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