African Pentecostalism and World Christianity

Introduction

In the last fifty years, the history of World Christianity has been disproportionally shaped, if not defined, by African Pentecostalism. The objective of this volume is to investigate and interrogate the critical junctures at which World Christianity invigorates and is invigorated by African Pentecostalism. The essays of the thinkers gathered here examine the general relationships between World Christianity and Africa and the specific interplays between World Christianity and African Pentecostalism.

Scholars from multiple disciplines, continents, and countries evaluate how the theological scholarship and missional works of eminent African intellectual Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu have contributed to the scholarly understanding of how Global Christianity has been mediated by its reception in Africa. They also investigate how African Pentecostalism has been shaped by its contact with the diverse forms of Christianity in Africa and the rest of the world.

Contributors

With contributions from: Opoku Onyinah, Harvey C. Kwiyani, Kirsteen Kim, Craig S. Keener, Charles Prempeh, Kenneth R. Ross, Trevor H. G. Smith, Vivian Dzokoto, Chammah J. Kaunda, Felix Kang Esoh, Patrick Kofi Amissah, Caleb Nyanni, Marleen de Witte, Oluwaseun Abimbola, Philomena Njeru Nwaura, Faith Lugazia, Dietrich Werner, Allan H. Anderson.