African Perspectives on Culture and World Christianity

Unlike the global North, "the ferment of Christianity" in the global South, among the majority of world people, has been astronomical. Despite the shift in the center of gravity of Christianity to the global South, intra-ecclesial tensions globally remain those of the relationship of culture to religion.

Joseph Ogbonnaya is Assistant Professor of Theology at Marquette University, USA. He specializes in Lonergan's philosophy and theology, World Christianity, and theology and development. In addition to articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, his publications include Lonergan, Social Transformation and Sustainable Human Development (2013), African Catholicism and Hermeneutics of Culture (2014). He coedited Christianity and Culture Collision (2016) and The Church as Salt and Light (2011).