I will concentrate on research themes in African Pentecostalism. As happened with the study of African Instituted Churches, theory has outstripped and stunned historical data. Discourses on modernity and globalism based on limited data from urban manifestations of the movement have skewed the representation of African Pentecostalism. Tourist scholars have drawn large conclusions and profiles [...]

Abstract: The existence of ‘African theology’ is no longer a subject of debate. This article reviews the content and perspectives of African theologians, particularly those from East Africa. It examines the positions of these theologians on issues of culture, modernity and the public sphere. On the whole, it recognises a certain romanticisation of the African [...]