<meta content="noarchive" name="robots"/> <meta name="description" content="Believing in the Global South,Believing in the Global South,Jenkins,Philip,1952-,Jenkins, Philip, 1952-,Department of History, Religious Studies Program, Penn State,Speaker,Speaker,Boston College,Church in the 21st Century Center,Boston College. Church in the 21st Century Center,Sponsor,Sponsor,moving image,videorecording,Chestnut Hill, Mass.mau The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston CollegeBoston College LibrariesThursday, February 22, 20072007-02-22T19:30monographic,Chestnut Hill, Mass.mau,Chestnut Hill, Mass.,mau,The Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College,Boston College Libraries,Thursday, February 22, 2007,2007-02-22T19:30,monographic,Englisheng,English,eng,electronicapplication/vnd.rn-realmediaDuration: 00:48:13born digital,electronic,application/vnd.rn-realmedia,Duration: 00:48:13,born digital,The social, economic, and cultural disparities between North America and Europe and the "global south"-Africa, south Asia, and Latin America-help explain different approaches to scripture and ritual, according to Philip Jenkins, professor of religious studies and history at Pennsylvania State University. He notes that most of the world's Christians live in the global south and that this demographic trend will continue. Jenkins rejects the proposition that ignorance and lack of education account for the southern Christians' literal interpretations of scripture. 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