Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Glossary item | Definition |
|---|---|
| general census | A population census in which all inhabitants of a country are counted simultaneously. |
| general order of magnitude | A number or statistic or set of statistics which establishes the broad area of size of a particular situation, whether local, denominational, tribal, national, regional, racial, continental or global. |
| generalate | The headquarters of a Catholic religious institute headed by a general or superior general. |
| general-order estimate | A number or statistic indicating approximately (rounded to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or million) the broad area of size or magnitude of a particular category or variable. |
| generation | (1) A group of persons born within a specified period of time, generally taken as a calendar year. (2) The average span of time, variously computed and varying according to cultural and other conditions, between the birth of parents and that of their children; usually taken as 30 years (sometimes as 25 or 33 years). |
| generation | The average period (about 30 years) between the birth of one generational group on Earth, and that of the next; a 30-year period. |
| geoatlas | A compilation or compendium of global maps highlighting Christian or religious variables |
| geocodebook | Systematic presentation of all variables, abbreviations, and codes used in presentation and analysis of large volumes of Christian data. |
| geographic race | Subdivision of the 5 races of humankind, with each of the 13 geographic races being based on one continent or part thereof; also termed continental race, or regional race. |
| geography of religion | The description and analysis of religious phenomena in terms of the science of geography (spatial variations in human and physical phenomena). |
| geolinguistics | The new science of the spatial study of language use and distribution. |
| geometric mean | The square root of the product of the 2 end figures or populations in a period. |
| geopersonnel | The status, study, and analysis of Christian workers of all kinds, at the global level. |
| geopolitical | Relating to or based on geopolitics. |
| geopolitico-religious | An overall term describing the major geographical, political, sociological, socio-economic demographic and religious characteristics of the world, or continents, or nations. |
| geopolitics | The study of the influence of physical factors such as geography, economics and demography upon the politics and foreign policy of a state; the political and geographical factors characterizing a particular state or region. |
| georeligion | A worldwide religion, or segment of a larger religion, that is global, universal, non-local, open to all as members. |
| georenewal | Any religious or Christian renewal or revival movement that is significant at the global level. |
| Georgian | Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition (Georgian Orthodox Church). |
| geoscriptures | Distribution and density of the Christian Scriptures at the global level. |
| geostatistics | Statistics of the whole globe and its population, from the Christian viewpoint. |
| geostatus | The overall situation and status of the globe’s whole population, in particular from the religious and Christian standpoints. |
| geostrategies | Concrete plans, usually publicized, to effect the evangelization of the world. |
| geotrend | A long-term or short-term change in the global situation, demographic or religious. |
| German Baptists | Dunkers (qv). |
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