Yale University Library Research Guides: Early Modern Christian History: Global South

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The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 by Adrian Hastings A history of the Christian Church in Africa. Written by a leading authority on Church history who has spent many years in Africa, it looks at all aspects of Christianity in Africa, including its relationship to traditional values and customs, politics, and the comparable rise of Islam in Africa during the period.
Christianity in South Africa by Richard Elphick; Rodney Davenport A political, social, and cultural history of Christianity in South Africa.
The Kingdom of God in Africa: A History of African Christianity by Mark Shaw; Wanjiru M. Gitau Traces the development and spread of African Christianity through its two-thousand year history.
A History of the Church in Africa (Online) by Bengt Sundkler; Christopher Steed Reviews the entire history of the development of Christianity in all regions of the continent. Places the African converts at the centre of the study.

Christianity in Latin America by Hans-Jürgen Prien; Stephen Buckwalter (Translator); Hans-Jürgen Prien Provides a complete overview of more than 500 years of the history of Christianity in the 'New World'. This book specifically focuses on conquest, exploitation of slave- and forced labor, mission, the formation of the Catholic Church after the council of Trent, Inquisition, popular religiosity, and postcolonial state formation.
The Histories of the Latin American Church (Online) by Joel M. Cruz A handbook designed as an accompaniment to reading and research on Christianity in Latin America. Includes chapters on individual countries in the region.
The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America (Online) by John Frederick Schwaller Organized in a chronological manner, the volume traces the changing dynamics within the Church as it moved from the period of the Reformation up through twentieth century arguments over Liberation Theology, offering a solid framework to approaching the massive literature on the Catholic Church in Latin America.
Christianity in Latin America: A History by Ondina E. González; Justo L. González Presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of Latin America. Offers an accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region.