![]() ![]() The Encyclopedia provided an intellectual framework for reconstructing Christianity in a world after colonialism. Looking backward, it highlights the work of missionary statistician David Barrett as it developed for the World Christian Encyclopedia. This article looks backward and forward to reflect on methodological approaches to studying world Christianity. While world Christianity is often studied through historical and theological lenses, the application of the social sciences-in particular quantitative methods-is a little more fuzzy. Most scholars know that world Christianity is inherently interdisciplinary, that it can be studied from different methodological perspectives.
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