Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenneth R. Ross
May 2017 · Edinburgh University Press
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Combines empirical data and original analysis in a uniquely detailed account of Christianity in Sub-Saharan AfricaThis comprehensive reference volume covers every country in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.Key FeaturesProfiles of Christianity in every country in Sub-Saharan Africa including clearly presented statistical and demographic informationAnalyses of leading features and current trends written by indigenous scholarsEssays examining each of the major Christian traditions (Anglicans, Independents, Orthodox, Protestants, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, Pentecostals/ Charismatics)Essays exploring key themes such as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, inter-faith relations, slavery, anthropology of evil, and migrationContributorsAfe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary, USAJames N. Amanze, University of Botswana Jacqueline Andoche, University of ReunionSolomon Andriatsimialomananarivo, Langham Partnership Coordinator for Literature in Francophone AfricaJ. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Accra, GhanaValerie Aubourg, Catholic University of LyonDeji Isaac Ayegboyin, University of Ibadan, NigeriaAnthony Balcomb, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaElias Kifon Bongmba, Rice UniversityLuciano Chanhelela Chianeque, Catholic University of AngolaEvaristi Magoti Cornelli, University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaRodney Curpanen, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of MauritiusSimon Kossi Dossou, All Africa Conference of Churches' Special Envoy to West and Central AfricaMusa W. Dube, University of Botswana Anthony Egan, SJ, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Amélé Adamavi-Aho Ekué, Ecumenical Institute at the Château de Bossey in SwitzerlandTibebe Eshete, Michigan State UniversityEmmanuel Foro, Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya Tharcisse Gatwa, Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, Butare, RwandaMary N. Getui, Catholic University of Eastern Africa in KenyaWanjiru M. Gitau, Africa International University Todd M. Johnson, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USAChammah J. Kaunda, University of South Africa, PretoriaMalebogo Kgalemang, University of BotswanaRalph Lee, Holy Trinity Theological College of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Addis Ababa Hany Longwe, University of Livingstonia in MalawiNicta Lubaale, Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC)Tinyiko Maluleke, University of PretoriaUkachukwu Chris Manus, The National University of LesothoEsther Mombo, St. Paul's University, Limuru, KenyaJean-Gottfried Mutombo, United Evangelical Mission, Dortmund, GermanyRichard Nnyombi, Ugandan Catholic priestSetri Nyomi, Senior Pastor at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana Elijah Obinna, Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution, Arochukwu, NigeriaFrancis Anekwe Oborji, Pontifical Urban University in RomeMercy Amba Oduyoye, Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra, GhanaMichael Adeleke Ogunewu, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, OgbomosoCephas N. Omenyo, University of Ghana, LegonIsabel Apawo Phiri, University of KwaZulu-NatalJohn S. Pobee, University of Ghana Kenneth R. Ross, Edinburgh University School of DivinityChristof Sauer, Evangelische Theologisc.
About the author
Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).
Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.
J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu is Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, is Baëta-Grau Professor of Contemporary African Christianity and Pentecostal/Charismatic Theology at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana. He has served as Visiting Scholar to Harvard University; Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota; the Overseas Center for Mission Studies, New Haven; and Asbury Seminary, in Kentucky. He is author of Contemporary Pentecostal Christianity: Interpretations from an African Context (2013) and African Charismatics: Current Developments within Independent Indigenous Pentecostalism in Ghana (2005). He is co-editor of Pentecostal Mission and Global Christianity (2014) and Babel is Everywhere! Migrant Readings from Africa, Europe and Asia (2013).
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