Book contents
- World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
- World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Colonial Latin America
- 3 Native North America
- 4 Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora
- 5 The Middle East
- 6 India
- 7 East Asia
- 8 The Pacific
- Conclusion: Reflections on Concentrated and Diffuse Spirituality
- Endnotes
- General Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion: Reflections on Concentrated and Diffuse Spirituality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2021
Book contents
- World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
- World Christianity and Indigenous Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Colonial Latin America
- 3 Native North America
- 4 Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora
- 5 The Middle East
- 6 India
- 7 East Asia
- 8 The Pacific
- Conclusion: Reflections on Concentrated and Diffuse Spirituality
- Endnotes
- General Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this conclusion, I pose the following question: What inferences or generalizations can one draw from this traversal of cross-cultural interactions between indigenes and missionaries? In particular, what light can this study shed back on the state of religion and spirituality in the West? Given that the study of World Christianity seeks to overcome the barrier between the “West” and the “rest” by noting the reciprocal effects of one on the other in an interdependent world, this question is an important one.
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- World Christianity and Indigenous ExperienceA Global History, 1500–2000, pp. 293 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021