African Pentecostalism An Introduction

In African Pentecostalism, Nigerian-born Ogbu Kalu provides a continentwide narrative account of Africa's burgeoning Pentecostal movement. The statistics behind this phenomenon are astounding-about 107 million Africans are Pentecostals, and the numbers continue to rise. Kalu's groundbreaking study reveals that the Pentecostal movement is not chiefly the result of foreign intervention. Rather, he identifies and emphasizes the native character of African Pentecostalism while paying close attention to the influences of non-African factors.

Ogbu Kalu is Henry Winters Luce Professor of World Christianity and Mission, McCormick Theological Seminary. He is from Ohafia, Nigeria.