Reddit reviews The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
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That's very true. But I am not sure it is misleading. If you think of it, it may be actually very to the point. In many places (think of Russian Orthodoxy some 400 years ago, or Quebec 70 years ago) Christianity it its local contemporary forms affected political and legal life to a great extent. Maybe not as much as Islam in modern Afghanistan, but to an almost unimaginable extent. Yet it changed later.
So I think this difference between Islam and Christianity (or post-Christianity) is a really important and real phenomenon. Also look at Christianity in South America or Philippines (at the RGB map). People write books about that.
No doubt. For better or worse, Pentecostalism is here to stay. Philip Jenkins has written in detail about how Christianity will continue to grow in the global south with largely pentecostal christians and churches.
This is actually a HUGE problem. Especially in the developing world. In parts of Africa, some have tried to limit access to books like Leviticus just because of how much danger there is of groups trying to put it into practice.
For insights on the state of global Christianity, check out The Next Christendom by highly-respected professor of history and religious studies Philip Jenkins.