New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa

Stephen Offutt is Assistant Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky. His work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Contemporary Religion, the Journal for the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies, and Sociology of Religion. He has contributed to edited volumes such as The New Evangelical Social Engagement, Sociology of Religion: A Reader, and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. Offutt also writes for popular audiences, with work appearing in magazines such as Books and Culture: A Christian Review, and Prism.

Introduction; 1. A new way of thinking about a global faith; 2. Historical sketches of El Salvador and South Africa; 3. Encountering transnational religious social forces; 4. Exercising local influence: an entrepreneurial approach; 5. The social contours and global reach of the new centers of global evangelicalism: enlarging organizations, exporting religion, and creating social stratification; 6. New strategies of public engagement: integrated political engagement, increasing social engagement, and shifting beliefs; Conclusion.