David B. Barrett

David B. Barrett (August 30, 1927 – August 4, 2011) was a visiting professor at Columbia University and research secretary for the Anglican Consultative Council.[1][2][3][4][5] Barrett was a trained aeronautical engineer who became a missionary with the Church Missionary Society (Anglican). He arrived in Nyanza Province in Western Kenya in 1957. Over the course of 14 years he traveled to 212 of 223 countries and corresponded with Christians all over the world in search of the most up-to-date statistics on Christianity and world religions. His research resulted in the first edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia in 1982.[6]

David B. Barrett
Born30 August 1927 
Llandudno 
Died4 August 2011  (aged 83)
EducationDoctor of Philosophy, Master of Sacred Theology, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity 
Alma mater
OccupationMissionary, editor, non-fiction writer, theologian, writer, university teacher, Anglican priest (1954–) 
Position heldpresident 

Some works
  • Barrett, David B. “AD 2000: 350 Million Christians in Africa.” International Review of Mission 59, no. 233 (January 1970): 39–54.
  • ———. “Interdisciplinary Theories of Religion and African Independency.” In David B. Barrett, ed. African Initiatives in Religion: 21 Studies from Eastern and Central Africa, 146–159. Nairobi: East African Pub. House, 1971.
  • ———. “Reaction to Mission: An Analysis of Independent Church Movements Across Two Hundred African Tribes.” Ph.D. diss, Columbia University, 1965.
  • ———. Schism and Renewal in Africa: An Analysis of Six Thousand Contemporary Religious Movements. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1968.
  • ———. “Urban Pressures on Religion and Church: A Study of the Luo of Kenya.” S.T.M. thesis, Union Theological Seminary, 1963.
  • Barrett, David B., ed. World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, A.D. 1900–2000. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1982.
  • Barrett, David B., and Todd M. Johnson, eds. World Christian Trends, AD 30–AD 2200: Interpreting the Annual Christian Megacensus. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
  • Barrett, David B., George T. Kurian, and Todd M. Johnson, eds. World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Barrett, David B., George K. Mambo, Janice McLaughlin, and Malcolm J. McVeigh, eds. Kenya Churches Handbook: The Development of Kenyan Christianity, 1498–1973. Kisumu: Evangel Publishing House, 1973.

References
  1. Todd M. Johnson (January 2012). "David B. Barrett: Missionary Statistician". International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 36 (1): 30–32.
  2. Gina A. Zurlo. "The Legacy of David B. Barrett". Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, USA. doi:10.1177/2396939317739819. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Barrett, David B. (1927-2011) Missionary Statistician and Sociologist of Religion". Boston University School of Theology. History of Missiology.
  4. "In Memoriam: David B. Barrett". GORDON-CONWELL Theological Seminary.
  5. Gina Zurlo. "Barrett, David B." Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
  6. Gina A. Zurlo, "'A Miracle from Nairobi'": David B. Barrett and the Quantification of World Christianity, 1957–1982," Ph.D. diss., Boston University, 2017. Link: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/27183
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