{"product_id":"9780470674543","title":"The World's Religions in Figures An Introduction to International Religious Demography","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe World's Religions in Figures\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction to International Religious Demography\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTodd M. Johnson | Brian J. Grim\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCreated by two of the field’s leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography – detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines religious freedom and diversity, including agnostics and atheists, on a global scale, highlighting trends over the past 100 years and projecting estimates for the year 2050\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines the issues and challenges related to definitions, taxonomies, sources, analyses, and other techniques in interpreting data on religious adherence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders data from religious communities, censuses, surveys, and scholarly research, along with several in-depth case studies on the global Muslim population, religion in China, and the religious demography of recently created Sudan and South Sudan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues against the belief that the twentieth-century was a ‘secular’ period by putting forward new evidence to the contrary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides resources for measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively important data on the world's religious situation in the twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eTodd M. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. He is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University, where he co-edits the \u003ci\u003eWorld Religion Database.\u003c\/i\u003e Professor Johnson is the co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Global Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (with Kenneth Ross, 2009) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eWorld Christianity Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with David Barrett and George Kurian, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eWorld Christian Trends\u003c\/i\u003e (with David Barrett, et al, 2001). He is also the editor of the World Christian Database. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian J. Grim\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of cross-national data and Senior Researcher in religion and world affairs at the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion \u0026amp; Public Life in Washington, D.C. Dr Grim is also Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University, where he co-edits the \u003ci\u003eWorld Religion Database.\u003c\/i\u003e He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (with Roger Finke, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 June 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470674543\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314867761292,"sku":"9780470674543","price":109.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470674543_0e6e9e9d-10d1-43ed-b190-fb0bb26fc380.jpg?v=1780184233","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780470674543","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}