Paul Gifford

Evangelical and African Pentecostal Unity

History & Biography

“Hugh Osgood’s meticulously researched study of relations between British evangelicalism and African diaspora churches around the turn of the millennium is an invaluable resource for all interested in social and cultural interaction. His passion has long been furthering cooperation and collaboration to enhance both church and society. This study provides a concrete example of such coming together and is also an object lesson in the methodology of participant observation.”

Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered

Church Leadership & Ministry

“This beautifully written study is a celebration of a particular church committed to help a dislocated college-educated generation make sense of its own changing world and in the process restore African society to wholeness. The issues raised and the way they are discussed contribute greatly to understanding the current dynamics within African Christianity.”

Put Away Your Sword

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The proper Christian attitude to violence is a burning contemporary question. Here proponents from different continents, conditions, and disciplines highlight its complexity at a practical as well as the theoretical level. The ‘Just War Theory’ is given particular prominence, as is the more recent ‘Responsibility to Protect.’ Gender dimensions are given due weight, with related realities like exploitation and subjugation in all forms, all in the light of the teaching of Jesus. A superb and timely debate.”

Re-Imaging Modernity

Theology

“This is precisely the kind of extended and comprehensive, sympathetic yet critical, theological yet socially aware micro-study that we need to grasp the complex reality of Africa's emerging Christianity.”