Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora

practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the

African diaspora. -e essays span history, theology, anthropology, ecumenism, and

missiology.

Readers will be treated to fresh perspectives on African Pentecostal higher education,

Pentecostalism and witchcraft  in East Africa, Methodist camp meetings in Ghana,

Ghanaian diaspora missions in Europe and North America, Gender roles in South

African Christian communities, HIV/AIDS ministries in Uganda, Japanese funerary

rites, Enculturation and contextualization principles of mission, and many other aspects

of the Christian world mission.

With essays from well-known scholars as well as young and emerging men and

women in academia, Communities of Faith illuminates current realities of world Christianity

and contributes to the scholarship of today’s worldwide Christian witness.

Casely B. Essamuah, D, is Global Missions Pastor at Bay Area Community Church in Annapolis, Maryland. He is the author of Genuinely Ghanaian:
A History of the Methodist Church, Ghana, 1961–2000.

David K. Ngaruiya, PhD, is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Deputy Vice Chancellor: Finance, Administration and Planning at the International Leadership University, Nairobi, Kenya. He is author of Death and Burial Practices: A Study of Contextualization of Rituals.

“ The great assumption of this volume is that Africans, either residing on that great continent or in diaspora around the world, are now the vibrant new  voices of a robust Christian faith which has finally le behind the swaddling clothes of Christendom and found the strength and vigor of its own voice.  This volume is a masterful introduction to these new voices precisely because of its diversity. Here we find theological, contextual, anthropological, and missiological reflections . . . revealing how nuanced and textured the African contribution to world Christianity has already become. I can think of no greater tribute to Tite Tiénou than these essays wri en by his students and friends.”

—Timothy C. Tennent, Asbury eological Seminary

“ is brilliant volume of twenty-five essays on many aspects of global Christianity, with special a ention to Africa and the African diaspora, is a worthy
tribute to one of our most distinguished missiologists, Tite Tiénou, whose career has spanned three continents.”

Guardian, January 21, Ghanadot - In the world of broadcasting, Komla Dumor, who has died aged 41 after a suspected heart attack, was the face of a new and enterprising Africa. He was a towering presence on television and the best talent the BBC had to tell the continent's story – whether from its palaces or slums. Komla respected the rich and the poor, the powerful and the helpless, and those in between, in equal measure...... ...More