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African Christianity is not an imported religion but rather one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world. In The Kingdom of God in Africa, Mark Shaw and Wanjiru M. Gitau trace the development and spread of African Christianity through its two-thousand year history, demonstrating how the African church has faithfully testified to the power and diversity of God's kingdom. Both history students and casual readers will gain greater understanding of how key churches, figures and movements across the continent conceptualized the kingdom of God and manifested it through their actions. The only up-to-date, single-volume study of its kind, this book also includes maps and statistics that aid readers to absorb the rich history of African Christianity and discover its impact on the rest of the world.

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This book is authoritatively compelling as a significant resource for students and scholars of World Christianity and general readers. --Afe Adogame, PhD Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA What a timely revision given Africa's rise to prominence within World Christianity! Meticulous historians and masterful narrators, the authors' interpretation through the lens of the kingdom of God showcases the study of World Christianity at its best. --Diane Stinton, PhD Dean of Students and Associate Professor, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Shaw and Gitau offer a concise and fresh ecumenical treatment of African Christian history by placing it squarely in the academic discipline of World Christianity, utilizing Christ and his kingdom as a guiding motif. --Todd M. Johnson, PhD Co-director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA The new edition of this highly acclaimed book provides a welcome paradigm for interpreting African church history. A rich resource for students, teachers and researchers of African Christianity. --John Karanja, PhD Professor of Church History, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya With verve and imagination, Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau deploy the multivalent biblical motif of the kingdom of God to unlock the inner dynamics of the history of Christianity in Africa. --Kenneth R. Ross, OBE, PhD Professor of Theology, Zomba Theological College, Malawi The beauty of a story is in the telling as much as in the content. Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau here tell the wonderful, captivating story of Christianity in Africa. The comprehensiveness as well as the preciseness in which the authors tell this story makes one to want to keep on reading. --Samuel M. Ngewa, PhD Professor in Biblical Studies, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau's decades of research, teaching and mission in Africa have produced a wealth of experience that is evident in the pages of this important work. In it, they provide a fresh, up-to-date, and thoughtfully written chronicle of the growth of Christianity on the continent. --Kyama Mugambi, PhD Researcher, Centre for World Christianity, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya Today, anyone wishing to learn something of Christianity must observe what God is doing in Africa, and to do that effectively, this book will be of the greatest help. No theology or World Christianity syllabus will be complete without Shaw's and Gitau's The Kingdom of God in Africa. It is highly recommended. --Harvey C. Kwiyani, PhD Programme Leader, MA African Christianity, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

This book is authoritatively compelling as a significant resource for students and scholars of World Christianity and general readers. --Afe Adogame, PhD Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA What a timely revision given Africa's rise to prominence within World Christianity! Meticulous historians and masterful narrators, the authors' interpretation through the lens of the kingdom of God showcases the study of World Christianity at its best. --Diane Stinton, PhD Dean of Students and Associate Professor, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Shaw and Gitau offer a concise and fresh ecumenical treatment of African Christian history by placing it squarely in the academic discipline of World Christianity, utilizing Christ and his kingdom as a guiding motif. --Todd M. Johnson, PhD Co-director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA The new edition of this highly acclaimed book provides a welcome paradigm for interpreting African church history. A rich resource for students, teachers and researchers of African Christianity. --John Karanja, PhD Professor of Church History, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya With verve and imagination, Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau deploy the multivalent biblical motif of the kingdom of God to unlock the inner dynamics of the history of Christianity in Africa. --Kenneth R. Ross, OBE, PhD Professor of Theology, Zomba Theological College, Malawi The beauty of a story is in the telling as much as in the content. Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau here tell the wonderful, captivating story of Christianity in Africa. The comprehensiveness as well as the preciseness in which the authors tell this story makes one to want to keep on reading. --Samuel M. Ngewa, PhD Professor in Biblical Studies, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya Mark Shaw and Wanjiru Gitau's decades of research, teaching and mission in Africa have produced a wealth of experience that is evident in the pages of this important work. In it, they provide a fresh, up-to-date, and thoughtfully written chronicle of the growth of Christianity on the continent. --Kyama Mugambi, PhD Researcher, Centre for World Christianity, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya Today, anyone wishing to learn something of Christianity must observe what God is doing in Africa, and to do that effectively, this book will be of the greatest help. No theology or World Christianity syllabus will be complete without Shaw's and Gitau's The Kingdom of God in Africa. It is highly recommended. --Harvey C. Kwiyani, PhD Programme Leader, MA African Christianity, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

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