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The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity

The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity is an authoritative reference guide that enables students, their teachers, Christian clergy, and general readers alike to reflect critically upon all aspects of Christianity from its origins to the present day. Written by a team of 828 scholars and practitioners from around the world, the volume reflects the plurality of Christianity throughout its history.

Key features of The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity:

Provides a survey of the history of Christianity in the world, on each continent, and in each nation
Offers a presentation of the Christian beliefs and practices of all major Christian traditions
Highlights the different understandings of Christian beliefs and practices in different historical, cultural, religious, denominational, and secular contexts
Includes entries on methodology and the plurality of approaches that are used in the study of Christianity
Respects each Christian tradition by providing self-presentations of Christianity in each country or Christian tradition
Includes clusters of entries on beliefs and practices, each examining the understanding of a given Christian belief or practice in different historical and contemporary contexts
Presents the relationship and interaction of Christianity with other religious traditions in the world
Provides, on a Web site (http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3906), a full bibliography covering all topics discussed in the signed articles of this volume

Daniel Patte is Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University.

The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity

Edited by

Daniel Patte

Vanderbilt University

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The Cambridge dictionary of Christianity / edited by Daniel Patte.

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ISBN 978-0-521-82096-7 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-521-52785-9 (pbk.)

1. Christianity – Dictionaries. I. Patte, Daniel. II. Title: Dictionary of Christianity.

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DictionaryFor a comprehensive bibliography, see http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3906.

Editorial Board	vii
Area Editors and Advisors	ix
Contributors	xi
Preface by Daniel Patte	xlv
Acknowledgments	lxi
Abbreviations	lxv

Editorial Board

Ana María Bidegain

CEHILA; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá; Florida International University, Miami, USA

Enrique Dussel

CEHILA; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Cristina Grenholm

Director of Theology and Ecumenical Relations, Church of Sweden; Karlstad University, Sweden

Beverly W. Harrison

Union Theological Seminary, New York, USA

Kwok Pui-lan

Episcopal Divinity School, Boston, USA

Archie Chi Chung Lee

Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Kathleen E. McVey

Princeton Theological Seminary, USA

Vasile Mihoc

Facultatea de Teologie “Andrei Saguna,” Sibiu University, Romania

Jesse Ndwiga Kanyua Mugambi

University of Nairobi, Kenya

Isabel Apawo Phiri

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Eugene TeSelle

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

Area Editors and Advisors

Jean-Noël Aletti, SJ

Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy: Roman Catholicism

Ian Breward

University of Melbourne, Australia: Australasia; Australia and South Pacific

James P. Byrd

Vanderbilt University, USA: North America, History

Noriel Capulong

Silliman University, Philippines: Philippines

Elizabeth A. Clark

Duke University, USA: Women in the History of Christian Thought

Valentin Dedji

St. Mark's Methodist Church, London, UK: Western Africa (Francophone)

Beatriz de Vasconcellos Dias

Comissão de Estudos de História da Igreja na América Latina e no Caribe (CEHILA), Brasil: Brazil

Ramathate T. H. Dolamo

UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa: Southern Africa

Noel Leo Erskine

Emory University, USA: Caribbean Islands, Ethics, and Theology

George Thomas Kurian

Reference Books, New York, USA: Statistics (Christians in each nation)

Armando Lampe

Comisión de Estudios de Historia de la Iglesia en Latinoamérica (CEHILA), Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico: Caribbean Islands, History

Marjorie Lewis

United Theological College of the West Indies; former General Secretary of the Jamaica Council of Churches (area editor following the untimely death of Lewin Williams): Jamaica and Jamaican Theology

Frank D. Macchia

Vanguard University, USA: Charismatic Movement and Pentecostalism

Fortunato Mallimaci

Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales, Argentina: Southern Latin America

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

Vanderbilt University, USA: Family and Children; Pastoral Theology

Nektarios Morrow

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Eastern Orthodoxy

Gerald O'Collins, SJ

The Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy: Roman Catholicism

Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro

Silliman University, Philippines: Philippines and Women in Asia

Peter Paris

Princeton Theological Seminary, USA: Poverty; Racism

Keith F. Pecklers, SJ

Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy: Roman Catholic Liturgy

Bishop Yeznik Petrossian

Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia: Oriental Orthodoxy; Non-Chalcedonian Churches

María Alicia Puente Lutteroth

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico; Comisión de Estudios de Historia de la Iglesia en Latinoamérica (CEHILA), Mexico: Mexico

Fernando F. Segovia

Vanderbilt University, USA: Latino/a Christianity and Theology

Karel Steenbrink

Utrecht University, Netherlands: Islam and Christianity

Elsa Tamez

Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana, Costa Rica; United Bible Societies, Colombia: Central America and Latin American Theology

Archbishop Demetrios [Trakatellis]

Archbishop of America, Primate of the Greek (Eastern) Orthodox Church in America, USA: Eastern Orthodoxy

Justin Ukpong

Veritas University Abuja, Nigeria: Western Africa (Anglophone)

Andrew Walls

Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Akrofi Christaller Memorial Centre, Ghana: Mission

Patricia A. Ward

Vanderbilt University, USA: Literature, the Bible, and Christianity

Paul Zamora

Greek Orthodox, Archdiocese of America, USA: Eastern Orthodoxy

The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity

The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity

Daniel Patte

Vanderbilt University

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Editorial Board

Area Editors and Advisors