Yale University Library Research Guides: African Christianity: World Christianity

World Christianity

Kwame Bediako: African Theology for a World Christianity by Tim Hartman Tim Hartman's analysis of the arc of Bediako's theology demonstrates that Bediako's vision of Christianity as a non-Western religion allows it to serve as a resource for World Christianity amid the exponential growth of Christianity in the Global South.
Jesus in Africa: The Christian Gospel in African History and Experience by Kwame Bediako
Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of Non-Western Religion by Kwame Bediako Examines this global transformation of the faith from an African perspective and surveys the new role of African Christianity.

African Pentecostalism: Global Discourses, Migrations, Exchanges, and Connections by Ogbu Kalu; Wilhelmina Kalu (Editor); Nimi Wariboko (Editor); Toyin Falola (Editor) A collection of essays on Ogbu Kalu's contributions to scholarship on African Pentecostalism.
The Collected Essays of Ogbu Uke Kalu: Christian Missions in Africa by Ogbu Kalu; Wilhelmina Kalu (Editor); Nimi Wariboko (Editor); Toyin Falola (Editor) A collection of essays exploring African 'versions' of Christianity and their impact on the religion as a whole. Kalu does not simply record the demographic shift, numerical growth and vitality of African churches, but also, importantly, shows how expressions of Christianity are filtered through African cultures.
Power, Poverty and Prayer: The Challenges of Poverty and Pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996 by Ogbu U. Kala Looks at the role Christianity plays in African political and socio-economic life. The author writes on a topic that is at the heart of the Second Liberation of Africa, analyzing the dialectics of power, poverty and prayer in post independence Africa in general.
Religions in Africa: Conflicts, Politics and Social Ethics by Wilhelmina Kalu; Nimi Wariboko; Toyin Falola (editors) Volume 3 of the collected essays of Ogbu Kalu.

Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African by Lamin Sanneh Tells the story of Lamin Sanneh's journey from his upbringing in West Africa to education in the United States and Europe to a distinguished career of teaching.
Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture (Online) by Lamin Sanneh Shows how the translation of the Bible in the global South assisted local cultures during the colonial era. A classic text in world Christianity.
Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity (Online) by Lamin O. Sanneh Examines the roots of the global shift in Christianity and the unparalleled richness and diversity, as well as the tension and conflict, it has brought to World Christianity.
West African Christianity: The Religious Impact by Lamin Sanneh Concentrates on the role of Africans as the principal agents of, and the significance of African materials in, the spread of Christianity from its earlier centuries.