African Christianity is a complex topic, and the literature on the subject is voluminous. The historical metamorphosis and transmutation of African Christianity appears on a variety of interrelated levels: missions, conversions, struggles for autonomy, charismatic renewals, and the creative ways Africans have shaped Christianity for themselves and appropriated it within the context of their own worldview and culture. In terms of growth and ecclesiastical representation, African Christianity maintains a robust record. In fact, the ebb and flow of world Christianity in the twenty-first century will be largely determined by the trends and events within African Christianity. The creative genius of African Christianity is manifest in the exciting religious movements and models that have emerged in Africa.

Contemporary paradigms in African spirituality are challenging the traditional ways of studying theology and church history. This reality is a telling testimony...