The Five Distinctives of World Christianity

Part I: Cross-Cultural Diffusion1 From Diffusion to Cross-Cultural Friendship: Frank Maria, Arab American Christians, and Lessons from Middle Eastern Christianity2 The Feasts of Saint James of Loiza: Cross-Cultural Diffusion at the Intersection of World Christianity and Africana Religious StudiesFurther Reading on Cross-Cultural Diffusion

Part II: Translatability3 Extending Translatability Beyond Conversion: A Case Study of Princess Kartini’s Engagement with Christianity in Early Twentieth Century Java4 "Do Not Sing the Songs of Your Ancestors": Mission as Diffusion and Translation in Spanish Colonial CatechismsFurther Reading on Translatability

Part III: Polycentricity5 Indigenous Agency and Recipiency in World Christianity6 Native Agency in the Polycentric Spread of Latin American PentecostalismFurther Reading on Polycentricity

Part IV: Indigenous Expressions of the Divine7 Korean Shamanism and the Great Revival of 19078 Bathing in Jadestone Her Skirt: The Translatability of Baptism in Colonial Nahuatl TextsFurther Reading on Indigenous Expressions of the Divine

Part V: Biography9 Biographical Method in the History of African Christianity10 Redeeming Counterfeit Biographies: Cardoza-Orlandi’s Contribution to Biography as a Distinctive in Latin America and BeyondFurther Reading on Biography

By Way of ConclusionList of Contributors