Discussing political prowess of a religion sometimes might lead to total bias. However, Philip Jenkins in his article "The Next Christianity- thoughtfully sketches out a certain insurgent power "both politically and socially "of the fast-growing millions Christians living the Earth's South-half. Rather comparing the ideas and faith, Mr. Jenkins artfully chooses to discuss the next generation of Christianity upon the realm of actually power "head counts. .
Political success strongly rely on total head counts "how large the followers, population wise. Although bringing-up "head count- topic may seem irrelevant from the discussion; I believe the success of Reformation partly relied on the populous population of Germany at the time. Heavily populated, Germany was a very crucial state "politically and equally important, economically "supports the birth of the Reformation era. Without its political and economic strength, I suppose Germany could easily crushed by the deep anger in embarrassment and prowess of the Catholic Church in Rome. .
Today, Mr. Jenkins foresees a similar path which could dictate the future of the Catholic Church in particular, and Christianity as a whole. The fast growing population in the countries in the Southern Hemisphere may potentially shape the role and the function of the Catholic Church with an effect in a similar magnitude such like the Reformation in the early 16th century. Socially speaking, the people who are living and practice Catholicism in the countries located in the Southern Hemisphere are more socially conservative, and less-informed ideas or information wise ( a.k.a more illiterate) compare to Christians in North America or Europe. Saying Southern Hemisphere folks are "less-educated- by no mean of blaspheming those people integrity and values. It just means that they tend to value moral strongly and are more than likely to reject "alien ideas- such like gays and lesbians.
