Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

by Brian M. Howell

Historical and Theological Roots Interpreting Protestantism in the Global Philippines Values and Leadership and the Creation of Context The Place of Language Conversion and the Beginnings of Community Practical Belief and the Experience of Context Global Religion and the Anthropology of Christianity

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Brian Howell is a professor at Wheaton College. He recieved his Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Washington University, St. Louis, in 2002.

Howell is particularly interested in courses dealing with global Christianity, culture theory and inequality as well as anthropology and popular culture, and strives to incorporate such issues into his courses. Dr. Howell and his wife Marissa Sabio reside in Wheaton with their three children and are active church members.

Reviews

[John Paul Arceno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative and pedagogically effective.