For three years I have waited impatiently for a representative of the “global Christianity paradigm” articulated by scholars such as Andrew Walls, Philip Jenkins, Lamin Sanneh, Jehu Hanciles, and others to respond to Robert Wuthnow’s 2009 critique of their paradigm in his Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches (University of Calif Press). So…

Every academic discipline has its own journals.  Scholars read the journals of their discipline, assign articles from them to students, and contribute to them through research and writing.  Part of socialization to any discipline is developing a familiarity with the journals of one’s discipline, acquiring a commitment to their success, and learning to recognize which…