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Christianity, not Islam, is faith to watch Adherents on rise as basic ideas about it are being recast, writes Daniel Pipes
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Which of the world's largest faiths, Christianity or Islam, is
experiencing the greater ideological reassertion and demographic
surge?
"Islam" is surely nearly everyone's answer. As American Christians
experiment with ever-milder versions of their faith, Muslims display
a fervor for extreme interpretations of Islam. As Europe suffers the
lowest population growth rates ever recorded, Muslim countries have
some of the highest.
But, argues Philip Jenkins recently in the Atlantic Mon...
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Traveling the paths of a hardy Christianity in India; Jesus' disciple Thomas is thought to have ministered in India's south. Today, 2 percent of Indians - 24 million people - are Christian.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff wirter of The Christian Science Monitor Raymond Cruze is on a pilgrimage, which in India puts him in rather ordinary company. The destination, however, is not the Hindu's sacred Ganges, the Sikh's holy city of Amritsar, or the home of the Buddhist Dalai Lama in
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Move toward militant Christianity?
Jerusalem Post
; ... the next century. For obvious reasons, notes this professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University, news reports today are filled with material about the influence of a resurgent and sometimes angry Islam. But in its variety and vitality ...
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Christianity growing fast in parts of Latin America, Africa, Asia.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; When scholars talk about the death of Christianity and the rise of the secular state, Penn State University professor Philip Jenkins just remembers the south. Not south as in Georgia or Mississippi, but south as in sections of Latin America, Africa and Asia. There, Christianity is not only alive
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 "The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Christianity growing fast in parts of Latin America, Africa, Asia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; Byline: Kristin E. Holmes When scholars talk about the death of Christianity and the rise of the secular state, Penn State University professor Philip Jenkins just remembers the south. Not south as in Georgia or Mississippi, but south as in sections of Latin America, Africa and Asia. There,
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Christianity moves south as influence of industrialized nations fades.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; When scholars talk about the death of Christianity and the rise of the secular state, Pennsylvania State University professor Philip Jenkins just remembers the south. Not south as in Georgia or Mississippi, but south as in sections of Latin America, Africa and Asia. There, Christianity is not only
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