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Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins
Philip Jenkins is distinguished professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University. He was born in Wales and educated in England, where he received his Ph.D. from Clare College at Cambridge.

Jenkins has written over fifteen books and many articles on contemporary religious issues and controversy. Among the more timely are his book Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis, as well as Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way; The Modern Mythology of Christian Religions; and Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History.
 
 

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Selected Publications:

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South (2006)
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2002)

 
Last Updated: Jan 06, 2011

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