Paradoxes of pluralism, privilege, and persecution: explaining christian growth and decline worldwide

• Main Authors: Saiya, Nilay, Manchanda, Stuti
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Religious Growth; Religious Decline
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162760
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article examines the effect of church-state relations on rates of Christian population growth or decline worldwide. It makes the paradoxical argument that contexts of both pluralism and persecution do not impede Christian growth rates. In these environments, Christians do not have the luxury of...