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Kling’s book: between, on one hand, the multiplicity of contested interpretations, and, on the other, the remarkable unity of conviction that joins 21st-century Christians from Chicago and Lagos and Singapore with their counterparts in 1st-century house churches. To understand why Christianity continues to thrive—to understand why, contrary to the prophets of secularization, the faith is experiencing an enormous surge, particularly in Africa and Asia—we have to consider this productive tension, which allows for both enormous flexibility and historical continuity.

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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Kling’s book: between, on one hand, the multiplicity of contested interpretations, and, on the other, the remarkable unity of conviction that joins 21st-century Christians from Chicago and Lagos and Singapore with their counterparts in 1st-century house churches. To understand why Christianity continues to thrive—to understand why, contrary to the prophets of secularization, the faith is experiencing an enormous surge, particularly in Africa and Asia—we have to consider this productive tension, which allows for both enormous flexibility and historical continuity.