The emergence of sub-Saharan Africa as a major theatre of Christian faith was one of the most striking developments of the twentieth century. The migration to the West of large numbers of African Christians has the potential for hugely important developments within Western Christianity in the twenty-first-century. This book is full of insights into both these factors, and provides plenty of food for thought.
Andrew F. Walls, PhD
Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor of the History of Missions, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Professor Emeritus, Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Akropong, Ghana
This volume edited by Olofinjana pushes the scholarship on African theology forward in new and exciting directions. While much research to date has
focused on theology in the context of the African continent, Olofinjana argues that diasporic African identity – especially in the UK, his own area
of particular focus – needs to be taken more seriously in its own right as a distinctive milieu of theological reflection. The other key area of innovation
is the volume’s focus on the intellectual production that is being pioneered by members of African diasporic churches themselves; this, then, is theology
deeply engaged with practice and diasporic identity. In this rich and multifaceted volume, Olofinjana and his eleven contributors explore important
themes such as reverse mission, emergent theologies and the remaking of sacred space in the diaspora.
Joel Cabrita, PhD
Lecturer in World Christianities,
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK
This is an excellent collection of reflections and case studies by scholarpractitioners who have lived and thought deeply into the cross-cultural and
cross-national positioning of African Christianity. The volume provides a unique window into African immigrant churches, especially within the United
Kingdom, offering ethnographic and analytical insights that add richly to what is among the most strategic fields of inquiry within contemporary church
studies.
R. Drew Smith, PhD
Professor of Urban Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA
Co-Convener, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race
This is an important book on the journey towards developing African theologies in Britain. A variety of insider African voices alert us to what it means to be
an African Christian in Britain today. They also offer us insights into how African Christians can effectively engage with contemporary British culture
as well as posing missiological challenges to white British churches. This really is theology on the move and in the making.
Cathy Ross, PhD
Contextual Theology MTh Director, Ripon College Cuddesdon, UK
MA Coordinator, Pioneer Leadership Training,
Church Mission Society, Oxford, UK
