Christians in Africa

Müller, L.F. (2019)

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, Christianity was predominantly a white Euro-American religion with 83 percent of all Christians living in the Global North. Today, it is a global religion where over two-thirds of the world’s Christians are non-Westerners, who live in the Global South. Christianity is on the rise in Latin America, Asia and especially Africa: a trend that is predicted to continue in the second half of the twenty-first century. I will explore explanations for the appeal of Christianity, and Pentecostalism in particular, for contemporary Africans. Pentecostalism is a form of Christianity that is predominantly popular in those African countries with the fastest population growth. Alongside Catholicism, it is the most rapidly growing religion on the African continent.

• Africa
• Christianity
• Pentecostalism
• Nollywood

• All authors: Müller, L.F.
• Editor(s): Chryssides G.D., Gregg S.E.
• Date: 2019-11-15
• Title of host publication: Bloomsbury Handbooks; The Bloomsbury Handbook to Studying Christians
• Edition: 1st
• Pages: 151 - 157
• ISBN (print): 9781350043381
• ISBN (electronic): 9781350043398
• Link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-bloomsbury-handbook-to-studying-christ...