OGBY UKE KALU 1942-2009

The narratives and analyses in this volume will enable scholars of global Christianity to discern how the shifting center of gravity in Christianity is being played out in Africa. Kalu does not simply record demographic shifts, numerical growth, and vitality of African churches, but also and importantly shows how the expressions of Christianity are filtered through African cultures.

The narratives are intellectually compelling and emotionally engaging. They primarily focus on concrete lives and efforts of people engaged in the missionary endeavor. The essays do not simply tell the story of how African Christians are engaged in the practices of sharing their faith, but also describe how African Christians are shaping the world through the power African Christians are shaping the world through the power of the Christian gospel and the ethic of love expressed in the life of Jesus Christ.

Kalu makes the significant point that it is unnecessary for missiologists studying the recent blooming of Christianity in Africa to search for its founding missionaries, originative centers or influences outside the continent. Foreign connections are more useful in explaining the character of the movement than in tracing its genealogy. 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Wilhelmina J. Kalu (Nee Dowuona-Hammond) has a PhD in Educational Psychology with interest in Special Education. She taught at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka until 2003, and recently as Adjunct Faculty at McCormick Theological Seminary and Center for African American Theological Studies in Chicago as well as other courses at the Progressive Bible Institute, Chicago. She is a member of several (ICP), Commission of Education, World Council of Churches, Geneva, and the International Council of Pastoral Care and Counseling. She was President of the African Association for Pastoral Studies and counseling for several years until 2005. She is engaged in finding non-traditional ways of teaching and mentoring Women and Youth in relationship. She has over 65 publications. Dr. Kalu is widow of late Prof. Ogbu U. Kalu and has four children.