E‑Book: Chris­ti­an Faith and the Hope for a bet­ter Life

While Chris­tia­ni­ty is de­cli­ning in Eu­ro­pe, it is flou­ris­hing in the sou­thern he­mi­sphe­re. What makes Chris­ti­an faith and Chris­ti­an churches at­trac­ti­ve to peo­p­le in the South? Abo­ve all, the aut­hor con­cen­tra­tes on the po­ten­ti­al of Chris­tia­ni­ty to im­pro­ve people’s li­ving con­di­ti­ons, to fos­ter hope and com­mit­ment. The aut­hor has ex­ami­ned this growth in Af­ri­can, Asi­an and La­tin Ame­ri­can set­tings – in Tan­z­a­nia, My­an­mar and Perú – and as­ses­sed doubtful forms of sti­mu­la­ting this kind of ho­pes, such as tho­se who preach a Pro­spe­ri­ty Gos­pel. The aut­hor, Dr. ha­bil. Win­fried Mai­er-Re­­vor­­e­do, is a re­ti­red pas­tor of the Evan­ge­li­cal Lu­ther­an Church in Württemberg/Germany, an ad­junct pro­fes­sor at the “Paed­ago­gi­sche Hoch­schu­le” in Lud­wigs­burg and at the Fa­cul­ty of Di­vi­ni­ty of Hum­boldt Uni­ver­si­ty in Ber­lin. He has fre­quent­ly tra­vel­led to all th­ree count­ries and main­ta­ins clo­se per­so­nal re­la­ti­onships. This book is a re­vi­sed ver­si­on of his ha­bi­li­ta­ti­on the­sis, which he sub­mit­ted to the abo­­ve-men­­tio­­ned fa­cul­ty in Ber­lin in 2019.