World Christian Encyclopedia: The world by segments : religions, peoples, languages, cities, topicsDavid B. Barrett Oxford University Press, 2001 The comprehensive overview of the world's largest religion in all its many versions and in both its religious and secular contexts. The Encyclopedia presents and analyzes an unmatched wealth of information about the extent, status, and characteristics of twentieth-century Christianity worldwide. It takes full account of Christianity's ecclesiastical branches, subdivisions, and denominations, and treats Christianity in relation to other faiths and the secular realm. It offers an unparalleled comparative study of churches and religions throughout the modern world. This new edition features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world's cultures and peoples in 238 countries. Each volume is filled with essential information, from historical surveys of denominations to country-by-country profiles of churches and believers. The text sets the cxurrent status of Christianity into a rich historical context, and assesses current trends and future directions. Many tables, charts, diagrams, photographs, a directory of names and organizations, a glossary, index, and other features ensure accessbility for specialists and non-specialists alike. The Encyclopedia will be of great value to academics of many disciplines, clergy, administrators, and those who work in Christian and other religious organizations around the world, as well as to anyone interested in current affairs. |
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... population ) . Using the symbols in the previous paragraph , this reduces to the following formula : AC1 = ( AC ̧ ) x ( acp ) ÷ ( popp ) In practice , though , one can drop the suffixes as un- necessary provided the reader remembers ...
... population ) . Using the symbols in the previous paragraph , this reduces to the following formula : AC1 = ( AC ̧ ) x ( acp ) ÷ ( popp ) In practice , though , one can drop the suffixes as un- necessary provided the reader remembers ...
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... Population 13,220,000 RANK 1960 1 . New York Population 14,164,000 RANK 1965 8,930,000 2 . 3. Tokyo Tokyo 10,976,000 6,920,000 3. Tokyo 1. New York 2. Tokyo Population 15,177,000 RANK 1 . 1970 Population Tokyo 16,468,000 12,943,000 2 ...
... Population 13,220,000 RANK 1960 1 . New York Population 14,164,000 RANK 1965 8,930,000 2 . 3. Tokyo Tokyo 10,976,000 6,920,000 3. Tokyo 1. New York 2. Tokyo Population 15,177,000 RANK 1 . 1970 Population Tokyo 16,468,000 12,943,000 2 ...
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... populations , are collected by the United Nations Population Division in New York City . The UN has pushed forward its projections of population for all countries and cities from its previous limit , the year AD 2025 , to the year AD ...
... populations , are collected by the United Nations Population Division in New York City . The UN has pushed forward its projections of population for all countries and cities from its previous limit , the year AD 2025 , to the year AD ...