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Ogbu Kalu and Africa’s Christianity: A Tribute

Ogbu Kalu and Africa’s Christianity: A Tribute <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In this review article some of the key ideas presented in the scholarship of Ogbu Kalu on African Christianity generally, and African Pentecostalism specifically, are discussed. The review commends Professor Kalu for broadening the historiography of Pentecostalism beyond North America and Europe to global phenomena with multiple access points. It further praises Kalu for pioneering the role of cultural moorings upon the shape of African Christianity. The review however highlights the limitations of a purely contextual and historiographical approach, and invites the discourse to participate in the broader global historical and theological Pentecostal conversation.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

Ogbu Kalu and Africa’s Christianity: A Tribute

Clarke, Clifton R.
Pneuma , Volume 32 (1): 107 – Jan 1, 2010
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Brill
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0272-0965
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1570-0747
DOI
10.1163/027209610X12628362887712
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In this review article some of the key ideas presented in the scholarship of Ogbu Kalu on African Christianity generally, and African Pentecostalism specifically, are discussed. The review commends Professor Kalu for broadening the historiography of Pentecostalism beyond North America and Europe to global phenomena with multiple access points. It further praises Kalu for pioneering the role of cultural moorings upon the shape of African Christianity. The review however highlights the limitations of a purely contextual and historiographical approach, and invites the discourse to participate in the broader global historical and theological Pentecostal conversation.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Pneuma – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: culture; pneumatology; historiography; African Pentecostalism; contextualization; African Christianity; Pentecostalism; African idioms

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