Key Findings of Christianity in its Global Context, 1970–2020
Key Findings of Christianity in its Global Context, 1970–2020
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1970-2020 年全球背景下基督教的主要发现
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2013
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T. Johnson
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Gina A. Bellofatto;T. Johnson
2013 年 7 月 吉娜·A·贝洛法托 (Gina A. Bellofatto) 是波士顿大学神学院的博士生，研究国际宗教人口统计学。她是马萨诸塞州南汉密尔顿戈登康威尔神学院全球基督教研究中心以及波士顿大学文化、宗教和世界事务研究所的研究员。 —gbello@bu.edu 今天世界各地的人们发现自己所处的环境与四十年前截然不同。自 1970 年以来，许多社会经历了剧烈的社会动荡和严重的环境灾难，但 1970 年至 2010 年这段时间也是技术取得巨大进步和世界各地人们之间联系增强的时期。这些变化挑战基督徒以不同的方式思考他们生活和工作的人群、与他们互动的方式以及未来合作的潜力。全球背景下的基督教，1970-2020：社会、宗教和宣教，由马萨诸塞州南汉密尔顿戈登康威尔神学院全球基督教研究中心的研究人员于 2013 年编写的一份报告，及时概述了过去四十年基督教人口统计和基督徒活动的变化，同时展望了未来十年。如果目前的趋势继续下去，2020年世界会是什么样子？谁将成为基督徒的邻居，他们将共同面对什么问题？我们在此总结了完整报告的主要发现，该报告可在 www.globalchristianity.org/globalcontext 上下载 PDF 文件。全球背景下的基督教提供了有关世界宗教人口统计的全球数据，为二十一世纪宗教的持续复兴提供了证据。它涵盖了全球基督教，包括福音派和五旬节派，并预测了所有主要基督教传统未来最有可能发展的领域。报告的大部分内容详细介绍了 21 个联合国 (UN) 地区的基督教、宗教和社会背景，以及从 1970 年到 2020 年已经发生或将发生的变化，并讨论了给每个地区所有居民带来压力的关键社会问题。报告的“使命与社会”部分详细介绍了全球传教运动的状况，包括全球基督徒和其他宗教徒之间的个人接触、未得之民群体的状况以及国际移民的宗教人口统计。报告还强调了联合国各区域最紧迫的社会问题，特别是联合国千年发展目标目前正在解决的问题。
July 2013 Gina A. Bellofatto is a doctoral student at Boston University School of Theology, studying international religious demography. She is a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, as well as at Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. —gbello@bu.edu C around the world today find themselves in contexts that are very different from those of forty years ago. Since 1970, many societies have experienced dramatic social upheavals and severe environmental catastrophes, yet the period from 1970 to 2010 was also a time of great technological advancement and increased connections between people around the world. Such changes challenge Christians to think differently about the people among whom they live and work, the ways in which they interact with them, and the potential for future cooperation. Christianity in Its Global Context, 1970–2020: Society, Religion, and Mission, a report produced in 2013 by researchers at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, offers a timely overview of the changing demographics of Christianity and Christians’ activities over the past forty years while looking forward to the next ten. If current trends continue, what will be the state of the world in 2020? Who will be the neighbors of Christians, and what issues will they be facing together? Here we summarize the key findings from the full report, which is available for PDF download at www.globalchristianity.org/globalcontext. Christianity in Its Global Context presents global data on the demographics of world religions, providing evidence for the continued resurgence of religion into the twenty-first century. It covers global Christianity, including Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, and offers projections for where growth of all major Christian traditions is most likely to occur in the future. The bulk of the report details the Christian, religious, and social contexts of each of the twenty-one United Nations (UN) regions and what changes have occurred or will occur from 1970 to 2020, with discussions of key social issues that are putting pressure on all residents in each region. The “Mission and Society” section of the report details the status of the worldwide missionary movement, including personal contact between Christians and other religionists around the globe, the status of unreached people groups, and the religious demographics of international migrants. The report also highlights the most pressing social issues in each of the UN regions, particularly those currently being addressed by the UN Millennium Development Goals.