1999 996621450X Hardback

First one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities, it gives a section-by-section interpretation that provides a contextual and readable guide to the entire Bible. 70 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries. 1616pp, USA. ZONDERVAN.

Argues that, as in other parts of the globe, the African priesthood currently faces a serious crisis of identity. The unfolding crisis puts stress on the clerics and augments the tension with lay people. The model of the Church-as-Family of God opted for by the Church in Africa is a new milestone that puts pressure on Catholic priests to define their role in the new context. The identity and image of priests need to be specified as lay ministries render the Church active from the grassroots. Reflection about the ministry of the clergy in Africa is urgent, and indeed it is an important aspect of inculturation. 190pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

Designed as a theological textbook for use throughout the continent, this comprehensive history is ideologically-driven by an attempt to foreground African appropriations of the Christian gospel, while not ignoring the significant contributions of European missionaries. Index, bib, 509pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Two senior clerics provide an insiders view into the African Indigenous Churches. B/w ill, xii, 60pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2001 1875053220 Paperback

A survey of Christianity's varied manifestations in present day Africa, with in depth case studies of Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Cameroon. Covers all the principal strains: Roman Catholic , Anglican, mainline Protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostal and African Independent. 'This is by far the most informative book about contemporary African Christianity around...richly detailed'. Prof J.D.Y.Peel, School of Oriental and African Studies. Maps, notes, bib, index, 376pp, UK 1998.. HURST.

A thorough study of the Africanisation of Christian doctrine in Africa and the roots of Christian theology. Bib, notes, xiii, 250pp, KENYA. MARIANUM PUBLISHING COMPANY.

2002 9970821024 Paperback

A study of the Christian Church in East Africa looking at the uncritical assimilation of Western values in the name of religion. The author shows how the African Christian Church can evolve by communicating the gospel in metaphors that engage with African philosophy and traditional values and religion. Notes, iv, 151pp, KENYA. UZIMA PRESS.

1995 1991 9966855157 Paperback

The story of Michael Cassidy who spread the gospel in Africa for forty years. The author uses an account of his life as a starting point for a wider discussion of African Enterprise's ministry. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Index, 552pp, UK. MONARCH BOOKS.

Throughout his lifetime, Kalu researched profusely, argued trenchantly and thought and taught powerfully to change how African Pentecostalism is portrayed, arguing that its roots lie just as much within traditional African religions as they do within Christianity. This collection of 16 essays, edited by his widow among others, show clearly how he not only corrected distorted scholarship, but also altered the way Africa in general was portrayed in Western academia. 480pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Across Africa, Christianity is thriving in all shapes and sizes. But one particular strain of Christianity prospers more than most-Pentecostalism. Pentecostals believe that everyone can personally receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit such as prophecy or the ability to speak in tongues. In Africa, this kind of faith, in which the supernatural is a daily presence, is sweeping the continent. Today, about 107 million Africans are Pentecostals - and the numbers continue to rise. In this book, Ogbu Kalu provides the first ever overview of Pentecostalism in Africa. He shows the amazing diversity of the faith, which flourishes in many different forms in diverse local contexts. While most people believe that Pentecostalism was brought to Africa and imposed on its people by missionaries, he argues emphatically that this is not the case. Index, bib, notes, 359pp, UK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Provides an overview of African initiated churches in different parts of sub-Saharan Africa, examining the reasons for the emergence and growth of churches that have resulted from the interaction between Christianity and African pre-Christian religions. bib, index, xvi, 282pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Revised edition of the comprehensive study of the role of art in the process of inculturation in Africa, first issued in 2000. The study is a substantial contribution toward a theology of inculcation in Africa, and enriches the debate on indigenous African and Christian artistic traditions. It represents the first systematic theology constructed in and from Malawi that establishes a theology of symbolic expression in Africa. 604pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

As well as a general discussion of African Theology what it is and could be the authors examine contributions to African theology by specific African theologians. Individuals highlighted are Vincent Mulago, Engelbert Mveng, Tharcisse Tshibangu, Alphonse Ngindu Mushete, Sidbe Sempore, Oscar Bimwenyi, Benezet Bujo, Barthelemy Adoukonou and Elochukwu Eugen Uzukwu. Includes selected bibliographies of work by featured theologians. Translated from original French edition by Silvano Borruso. 200pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2003 9966218831 Paperback

The African Initiated Churches (AICs) in many parts of Southern Africa represent up to 50 per cent and more of African Christianity. They have often been negatively characterised as 'sects' of a dubious Christian nature or as 'separatists', growing mainly by virtue of African reaction to the mission endeavours of Western denominations. In-depth studies appearing in this series, however, convincingly illustrate that in terms of growth rates, indigenized evangelisation, missionary campaigns, and ecclesiastical contextualization, the AICs can no longer be regarded as a peripheral phenomenon. They belong to the mainstream of African Christianity and have developed innovative mission methods of their own which can only rate as a major contribution to the expanding Church in Africa. While the individual essays focus on AIC leadership, worship, sacraments, healing, dialogue with practitioners of African Traditional Religion, and earthkeeping, the text as a whole portrays the richness of AIC life and faith. The composite picture reflects the attraction this form of inculturated Christianity holds for African people - an attraction which stimulates recruitment and rapid church expansion. 424pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Detailed synthesis of the archaeological evidence of the emergence and development of Christianity in Africa. Issues are raised about the differences in the Christian experience across Africa and its impact on the wider Christian world and indigenous African religions. Includes 16 pages of colour photos. Index, gloss, maps, diags, b/w ill, 192pp, UK. TEMPUS PUBLISHING, 0752425102

Explores the many ways in which Africans have made the Bible their own. Also contains an extensive bibliography of African biblical scholar-ship. Notes, bib, index, xviii, 828pp, USA. EJ BRILL, 0391041118 PB

This collection of essays examines issues related to African Bible translation, divided thematically: Reading the Bible with African Scholars; Reading the Bible in Specific Social Contexts; and Bible Translation and Multicultural Complexities. Bib, notes, vii, 204pp, KENYA. ACTON PUBLISHERS.

2004 9968884111 Paperback

A controversial book which examines the roots of Judaism in Egypt and challenges conventional knowledge about biblical history. Index, 308pp, USA. CITADEL.

2003 0806519703 Paperback

The Swiss missionaries played a primary role in explaining Africa to the literate world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book emphasises how these European intellectuals, brought to the deep rural areas of southern Africa by their vocation, formulated and ordered knowledge about the continent. Central to this group was Junod who became a pioneering collector in the fields of entomology and botany. He would later examine African society with the methodology, theories and confidence of the natural sciences. On the way he came to depend on the skills of African observers and collectors. Out of this work emerged, in three stages between 1898 and 1927, an influential classic in the field of South African anthropology, Life of a South African Tribe. At the same time Patrick Harries examines how local people absorbed imported ideas into their own body of knowledge. Through a process of interchange and compromise, Africans adapted foreign ways of seeing and doing things, and rapidly made them their own. This is a history of new ideas and practices that shook African societies before and during the early years of colonialism. Index, bib, b/w photos, 258pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of Europe. This change calls for a re-examination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and the significance of the role of Africa as the new Christian heartland. This volume offers nine new essays addressing this sea change and its importance for the future of Christianity, from the integration of witchcraft and Christianity in Nigeria to the peacemaking role of churches in Mozambique. Index, 233pp, UK. OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Exploration of charismatic movements in African Christian churches. Authors discuss the impact on mainstream churches, doctrinal relationships, the context of inculturation and post colonial Africa, impact of faith and healing, and influence of St. Paul. Featured countries are Kenya and Tanzania. Bib, notes, 197pp, KENYA. ACTON PUBLISHERS.

2003 9966888993 Paperback

Biography of the Malawian missionary who worked in Livingstonia for sixty years promoting and developing Presbyterianism. Written by Mkandawire's son, it is a tribute to a his father and the legacy of African Christians. Notes, b/w photographs, tables, 79pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES, 9990816395

Argues that the rapid development of African Christianity and its offshoots in the Diaspora is rooted in colonial history and resistance to oppression, exploitation and slavery. Through a range of contributions from diverse regions and traditions, this collection offers new resources for the interpretation and analysis of African Christian movements. It draws attention to a number of key issues, including the translatability of the Christian faith, the process of contextualization in various cultures, the place and role of indigenous agencies, the global impact of contemporary African Christian expressions, its influence on ecumenical relations and inter-religious encounters, and its way of shaping new religious identities and landscapes in response to power relations and artificial boundaries. 354pp, UK. CONTINUUM.

African Christians have created new publics, often in ways that offer fresh insights into the symbolic and practical boundaries separating the secular and the sacred, the private and the public, and the liberal and the illiberal. Critical reason and Christian convictions have combined in surprising ways when African Christians have engaged with vital public issues such as national constitutions and gender relations, and with literary imaginings and controversies over tradition and HIV/AIDS. The contributors demonstrate how the public significance of Christianity varies across time and place. They explore rural Africa and the continents major cities, and colonial and missionary situations, as well as mass-mediated ideas and images in the twenty-first century. They also reveal the plurality of Pentecostalism in Africa and keep in view the continents continuing denominational diversity. 240pp, USA. OHIO U P.

Twenty one essays on the education of many Third World leaders by Christian missionaries. Provides examples of how Christian missionaries contributed to the construction, destruction and reconstruction of state structures in Africa and the Caribbean. Notes, index, x, 307pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

A collection of intellectually compelling and emotionally engaging 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 the expressions of Christianity are filtered through African cultures. 694pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

It is brilliant, intelligent and moving.... The book is of exemplary sincerity and honesty. Its manner of reflecting is bald, but solidly supported by an argumentation that control marvellously the craftsmanship of thinking rightly and correctly in accordance with 'the rules of the game'. Lastly, the overall perspective and project constitute the first and the most consistent African critique of Christianity. A great book this, and for that matter, a courageous one ! V. Y. Mudimbe 256pp, 2nd edition, translated from the French, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

2002 3825850773 Paperback

The 1994 Synod of bishops for Africa adopted a model of church known as church as family of God. This book examines the implication and explores the possibilities contained in this new understanding of church against the backdrop of contemporary African socio economic, cultural, religious and political realities. LIMITED STOCK. Notes, bib, 184pp, KENYA . PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA. 9966215026

2000 Paperback

Presents essays on African church history: historiography, context (ecology and world-views), the missionary enterprise and African responses that explain the massive growth of Christianity in contemporary Africa. Clio is the ancient Muse of History: when dressed in a sacred garb, the muse performs for religious people and for church historians. These essays address the cutting edge of contemporary African church historiography and the process of appropriation of gospel in the encounter with Christianity. Index, bib, 346pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

The present Church in Sub-Saharan Africa differs in many aspects from the North African Church, but the central questions that divided the early Church over authority and moral behaviour of the leaders are still dividing the churches all over the world, not least in Africa. The Donatists of the ancient church believed that the church depended unequivocally on the moral qualities of its officer bearers. This study compares the Donatists’ views to the opinions of the Church fathers, particularly Augustine, on holiness, authority and catholicity. 68pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

An introduction to the Coptic Orthodox Christian Churches including the Copts, The Armenians, the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Malankara Orthodox Church in India and the Christians of the Ethiopian tradition. Well illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes the Coptic alphabet, diagrams and maps. Bib, maps, 224pp, FRANCE.. INTER-ORTHODOX DIALOGUE.

A history of the popular Coptic traditions and attitudes, many of which were influenced by the heritage of pharonic Egypt. 112pp. BNS, EGYPT. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, 9774246926

Modernist and secularist thinking has long predicted that religion would be rendered irrelevant, to be sidestepped, ignored or eliminated. However, this is not the case in 21st century Africa. Religion plays an increasingly important role in politics and development. This volume captures the dynamism and power of religion in Africa. In doing so it aims to move beyond narrow conceptualisations of 'politics' and 'development' and public and private spaces in order to uncover the meaning of modern religion in Africa and the many ways it is embedded in millions of Africans' everyday struggles to survive, sustain themselves and make sense of the modern world. 272pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

The story of Dominican presence in Africa since the arrival of friars in Sao Tome at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Organised into geographical areas, each chapter describes the different communities the Order belongs to and its particular history. Index, maps, 264pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS, 1871552885

Poses a series of questions about Christian missiology in Africa: what reasons motivated the early adherents to conversion? Were there some internal deficiencies in African traditional religions, which the Africans hoped to remedy by joining the new religion? Or was it just part of the wholesale flirting with whatever was foreign and perceived to be modern? What baits were used by the missionaries to entice Africans? Why have Christians continually returned to their abandoned roots in time of crisis? 208pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

Studies by prominent Tanzanian and American historians, anthropologists, political scientists and church people into the issues regarding the spread of Christianity throughout Eastern Africa. Maps, notes, bib, index, 341pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? Is the result a democratic politics of the ballot box, or is it more like an authoritarian politics of command from on high? Does the evangelical faith of the Bible hinder or promote a politics of the ballot box? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion, Islam, fuels vexed debate among analysts the world over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics. The present volume considers six African case studies: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia and Mozambique. Index, bib, 267pp, UK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Comparative study of the political aspects of the new mass evangelical Protestantism. BNS, 2 tables, 358pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

John William Colenso was consecrated first Bishop of Natal in 1853. He gained notoriety in his own time for his critical scholarship of the bible, his universalist theology and his unyielding fight for the rights of the Zulu people. This collection of papers examines and evaluates the work of Colenso looking in particular at his relevance for the modern world and post apartheid South Africa. Index, bib, notes, xii, 414pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

A succinct historical overview of Christianity in Africa. Topics covered include: early centres of Christianity in Africa in Egypt and North Africa; early configurations of traditional religion, Islam, and early Christianity; Nubian and Ethiopian Christianity: rchaeological findings, decline and survival; Africa and the early Portuguese missions; Africa and the Dutch until 1800; Africa and the British until 1885; Christianity in west, southern and eastern Africa before 1900; missions and colonialism; the Church in independent Africa; faith missions; unity and cooperation; the contemporary Christian church in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe; the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches; and the position of women in the African Church. 276pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Starts with a sociological review on urbanization in Africa, and follows this with a theological reflection on conscience, before concluding with a general survey of the pastoral problems facing the Church in Africa, and in particular the urban centres. Notes, bib, index, 144pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2001 9966211934 Paperback

Using archive material from both Britain and Kenya, the author addresses the africanisation of a European faith and describes the early history of the Anglican Church in Kenya. App, refs, bib, maps, 304pp, KENYA. UZIMA PRESS.

1999 996685553X Paperback

The story of the founding of Christianity in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, looking in particular at the dynamism of African Christianity. vi, 144pp, KENYA. UZIMA PRESS.

1995 1991 9966855130 Paperback

An old dog (galu wamkota) does not dig for nothing, so the proverb says. The two authors, one from America (with 45 years in Zambia); the other from Zambia, explore the encounter of the Christian faith with African Traditional Religion, treating concept(s) of God, the world of the spirits, of powers and witchcraft, and then how the Bible can be translated into the language of Zambia and Malawi taking into account both changes in concepts of translation and in society. 512pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Documents the coming of early Christian missionaries in the nineteenth century from Europe and Asia to the densely populated slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Here lived two of the several chiefdoms of the Chagga people, the Moshi and Mbokomu. Using primary and local sources, it traces the history of the Old Moshi congregation from the first arrival of Christianity until 1940, including details on its interaction with the missionary, Bruno Gutmann. 80pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Testimonies from women across the continent. 428pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2002 1875053336 Paperback

Africa has played a key role in the History of Christianity both in early eras and now in the present. This book presents a well documented synthesis of diverse expe-riences and histories. 384pp, IN FRENCH, FRANCE. KARTHALA.

Contribution to a new African historiography of Christianity in Africa, assessing the contributions of four recent European scholars before arguing for a fresh interpretation fusing African and non-African perspectives. 46pp, notes, ZIMBABAWE. MAMBO PRESS, 0869227696

A history of Christianity in Africa showing that the religion has had a continuous presence on the continent since the first century AD. Hildebrandt highlights the contributions made by Christian leaders of Africa to the African Church through the centuries and describes the growth of the Church over the last one hundred years. Each chapter ends with questions to aid study. Index, bib, maps, notes, 288pp, GHANA. AFRICA CHRISTIAN PRESS.

Through the efforts of Western missionaries and home-grown churches and evangelists, Christianity has taken root in Africa with astonishing speed, to the point that Africa is now considered one of the heartlands of world Christianity. In a surprising reversal of the nineteenth-century missionary tradition, Africa no longer only receives missionaries, but is also the source of evangelization as African-influenced Christianity spreads around the new African diaspora. While Africans have wholeheartedly appropriated the symbols, scriptures, and traditions of historic Christianity elsewhere, they have also built on the rich history of the continent's indigenous spiritual beliefs. African Christianity has been influenced by and also influences these beliefs, and cannot be fully understood outside of this context. 136pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS.

Countering the use of the biblical creation story to reinforce perceptions of men as superior to women, this book uses the first three chapters of Genesis to demon-strate gender equality. 27pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

2001 9990816225 Paperback

An Anglican priest, missionary and theologian who was involved in the Jubilee 2000 campaign reflects on the achievements of the movements and the economic, political and moral considerations it generated. BNS, 89pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Writings from Ibandla lamaNazaretha, a South African church. The texts in Zulu and English date back to the 1920s and 1930s and reflect intellectual and religious life and social organisation, 248 pp, 21 illus. NETHERLANDS. E.J. BRILL, 9004125426

Eleven papers explore the theme of the biblical Jubilee and marginalization from different angles. Notes, 200pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2002 9966218165 Paperback

Details the history of the establishment of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in Mulanje, under the Blantyre Synod. Map, bib, 75pp, MALAWI, 9990891508

A consideration of the missionary movement from a Malawian perspective, looking at the major periods of Christian expansion, the interaction of Islam and Christianity, and the role of the missionaries in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. 112pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Nationalism in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi 1945-1965

Examines the role that Dutch missionaries played in the emergence and consolidation of African Nationalism. Bib, app, notes, bib, 352pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2000 9966214747 Paperback

Explores the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making of African societies. As Western interventionist forces, Christianity and colonialism were crucial in establishing and maintaining political, cultural, and economic domination. Indeed, both elements of Africa's encounter with the West played pivotal roles in shaping African societies during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume uses a wide range of perspectives to address the intersection between missions, evangelism, and colonial expansion across Africa. 412pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

The author considers what lies beneath the beliefs in supernatural causes of loss, suffering and death and offers a Christian response to these conditions. Subjects dealt in detail include Christianity in apartheid South Africa and Malawi, faith and falsehood in the Old Testament, Hebrew perspectives on sickness and death, and boundaries of belief. Bib, notes, 124pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES, 9990816603

Examines new (Christian) religious movements as they are appearing and operating in Nairobi. 112pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA, 9966215700

2001 paperback

Deals with the ecclesiological and social background of the African church today; formation for evangelisation; and pastoral planning. Notes, 143pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA, 9966218122

2002 DELAY Paperback

Investigates the deaths in 1860 of eight missionaries in Central Africa, on a venture instigated by David Living-stone. Includes an interview with the descendants of the people living in the Linyati area at the time. Maps, b/w photos, 293pp, UK. GALAMENA PRESS.

A collection of tales, creation myths, prayers and true stories from across the continent focusing on spiritual matters. x, 133pp, USA. ORBIS BOOKS, 1570755272

Papers from a conference held in South Africa in 1999 that revisited the history of black clergy in the light of recent research in oral history. Notes, index, 286pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

2000 1875053212 Paperback

Developments in Egypt and the Sudan are significant for an understanding of modern Ugandan history, yet there is a considerable gap in the historical literature. This monumental study, now translated from Italian to English, is a study of the Verona Fathers and Sisters, now known as the Combonians and Comboni Sisters, and of their passionate efforts to covert Africans living in what are today southern Sudan and northern Uganda to Christianity. 691pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

As the Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, the author has long had experience in using indigenous knowledge and beliefs to promote a better understanding of Christian beliefs. Here he argues that knowledge of sociology and anthropology aids in the understanding of the context of his mission. 119pp, GHANA. SUB-SAHARAN PUBLISHERS.

An intellectual study of the Pilgrim's Progress weaving together British, African and Caribbean history. Topics addressed include African Christian interpretations of the Pilgrim's Progress and Bunyan in the African novel. Index, bib, app, b/w illus, xii, 314pp, USA. PRINCETON U P, 0691116563

Sugirtharajah challenges established notions of theology and colonialism, examining the use of the bible and religious texts in the colonial context. He also brings the influence of Third World texts and theologies on the west in the postcolonial era into the frame. Index, bib, refs, vi, 184pp, UK. SCM CANTERBURY PRESS LTD.

Christianity has been ubiquitous in the diaspora since it was first used to subjugate nations in the white colonialist thrusts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Once established it flourished and became prevalent as an indigent religion in its own right - a religion whose central tenets of peaceful submission and the advocacy of human rights both paved the way for colonialism and provided the dialectic mechanisms for its destruction. Champions of independence arose from within the African Christian communities, preaching the same word that had subdued the countries of the continent in the first place and a new era was born. So, where does Christianity fit in the changing landscapes of modern political Africa? Index, 258pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Essays bringing together some of the author's most compelling writings about African American Christianity, African religious practice and black theology. Includes Wilmore's previously unpublished essays and a new chapter on womanist theology. Index, notes, xi, 322pp, USA. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0814793967

Places Christian prayer in an African cultural context and in the light of the Word of God. Bib, 120pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2002 9966215506 Paperback

Aims to develop a homiletical theory for praxis which will help preachers to proclaim the gospel message meaningfully in a context of poverty. Tables, bib, 127pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS, 1868881628

2001 Paperback

The author explores theological discourse in Africa, particularly focusing on the work of Jesse Mugambi, Ka Mana, Kwame Bediako and Jean Marc Ela. Looks at reconstruction and renewal, African Christian identity and gospel relevance. Part of the Theology of Reconstruction series. Bib, notes, v, 279pp, KENYA. ACTON PUBLISHERS.

2003 9966888403 Paperback

A dictionary devoted to issues relating to third world spirituality, containing over 150 entries on themes from Christian theology to biblical interpretations. Each entry includes a guide for further reading. xxiii, 261pp, UK. SCM CANTERBURY PRESS LTD, 0334029317

An English language translation of the diary kept by the black religious servant Ursula de Jesus. Begun in 1650, it conveys the experience of Catholic spirituality in Latin America, from the perspective of a former slave. Includes a selection of pages from the diary as they were originally written, in Spanish. Index, gloss, maps, x, 221pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS.

This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between charisma and institution by analysing reading and writing practices in contemporary Christianity. Taking up the continuing anthropological interest in Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity, and representing the first book-length treatment of literacy practices among African Christians, this volume explores how church leaders in Zambia refer to the Bible and other religious literature, and how they organise a church bureaucracy in the Pentecostal-charismatic mode. Bib, 286pp, UK. BERGHAHN BOOKS.

Argues that the challenge of laying the foundation of moral integrity is a key stage in any African renaissance and that 'African spirituality' is a prophetic spirituality in the service of universal hope and joy. This cultural and spiritual mission is a challenge both to individuals and whole peoples of African heritage to attain moral rebirth.. Index, 150pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY PUBLISHERS.

Explores the ways ritual, symbol, and dogma circumscribe, constrain, and empower women in African Instituted Churches (AICs), new denominations founded by Africans sceptical of dogmas offered by mainstream churches with roots in European empires. Crumbley investigates the beliefs and practices associated with institutionalized female roles in three of the most important AICs. These practices include the prohibition against the ordination of women, the expectation that women avoid holy objects and sites during menstruation, and the congregational seating arrangements that construct asymmetrical relations of power. While gender distinctions seem to signal an absence of female autonomy and power, Crumbley argues that women count in the day-to-day life of these churches, whether ordained or not, and that these women exercise agency. 200pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS.

A history of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) looking at the lasting impact on public health care in south central Africa. The author also shows how steam and medicine, together with theology, allowed the Mission to impose its will, indelibly, on hundreds of thousands of people. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, maps, xx, 486pp, USA. CHICAGO U P, 0226302822

2004 Paperback

Calls for the decolonization and depatriarchalisation of African and feminist theological discourse. notes, refs, bib, viii, 264pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS, 1875053255

A dissertation which examines the social impact of the growing influence of the Methodist Free Church and the Malawi Free Methodist bible school in Malawi and Zimbabwe. App, bib, 214pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES, 9990816468

After considering how political and Church cultures fostered inculturation of Catholic religious institutions, this ethnographic study documents the unfolding African expression of 'Sisterhood' among a religious order in former-Zaire. BNS, 224pp, NETHERLANDS. EJ BRILL, 9004119302

The first complete African church history written by a catholic, but including records from protestant and orthodox churches. Organised in historical and geographical order, covering the whole continent from the first century to 1992. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

1994 9966211101 Paperback

A volume of essays concerned with the problematic nature of African Christian identity. The contributors adopt various cultural, historical, national, and educational perspectives as they explore the issues surrounding the nature of being Christian and at the same time fully African. Index, bib, viii, 310pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592211143

Challenges western understanding of mission. Writers discuss the challenge of Islam, poverty, reconciliation and HIV/AIDS. Includes vision statements by a number of Anglican leaders, including Donald Mtetemela and Njongonkulu Ndungane (archbishops of Tanzania and Cape Town, respectively). BNS, 160pp, UK. CHURCH HOUSE PUBLISHING. 0715155520

The proliferation of the mobile phone in Africa is a most welcome development to this end. On the basis of a thorough review of the growing literature on the mobile phone and the cultures it inspires, Goliama highlights the ambivalent nature of mobile cultures for the Roman Catholic Church's evangelization mission in Africa. He argues not only for the continued merits of face-to-face communication for the Church's pastoral approach in the African context. He points to how this could be enriched by a creative appropriation of the mobile phone as a tool for theological engagement, in its capacity to shape cultures in ways amenable to the construction of a Cell phone Ecclesiology. 268pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

A general history of missionary work in Africa, from the late seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth century, combining historical narrative with discussion of themes, prominent personalities and key events. Index, bib, b/w illus, 318pp, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.