Resources
The ARI think-tank consolidates articles and information that relate to One Belt One Road, the Asian economy, education, spiritual formation and the changing face of global Christianity. We have our ears tuned in to foreign news, on the ground discoveries, press releases from OBOR policy makers and shakers, as well as missiologists throughout the global body of Christ who recognize the shift.
The following sources are for educational and informational purposes and do not necessarily represent the views of ARI.
This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States
Former special assistant in the United States’ State Department, Anja Manuel writes from a front-row perspective on the 3 leading global powers that will shape the next 50 years, that is the United States, China and India. Anja escorts the reader on an intimate tour of the corridors of power in Delhi and Beijing. Her encounters with political and business leaders reveal how each country’s history and politics influences their conduct today. As she speaks on security, mobility, defense, economy, hard power and soft power, she shares an accessible vision for how each of these nations have a vital role to play in the shifting theater of geo-politics.
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Phillip Jenkins posits that the true global face of Christianity, demographically speaking, is not found in the affluent Anglo-Saxon community of America, but the rising global South of Africa, India, and South America. The shift of Christendom’s lotus from the northern to the southern hemisphere is a topic generally neglected by scholars, theologians and journalists. However, Jenkins claims that it was one of the most historical religious events of the 20th century, and it is the central cause of Christianity’s unprecedented growth.
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
Parag Khanna gives a first-hand glimpse of daily living realities in northern Africa, the Middle-East, all corners of Asia, and even the fingers of the East into Europe and further to the New World. He details infrastructure through new train routes, roads, fiber-optic cables, and airports that are quietly changing the world by giving people groups from everywhere to everywhere greater mobility and influence. The maps alone make this book completely fascinating
The Travels of Marco Polo
Tradition says that this originally Franco-Itallian account of Polo’s travels was written by the romance writer Rustichello de Pisa, while he and Marco shared a jail cell in 1298. The stories are incredibly culturally and geographically accurate in detail and give a breathtaking account of what it would have been like to travel the ancient Silk Road overland from Venice, through the Middle East, Persia, China, down the coast to Vietnam, by sea to Malaysia, circuiting back to India across the Indian Ocean, and back to Venice overland. The journey took over 20 years and shares the narrative of other travelers along the way as well as fascinating details related to befriending the Pope and serving in the courts of Kublai Khaan.