Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West

Jehu J. Hanciles is Professor of World Christianity and director of the World Christianity Program at Candler School of Theology (Emory University). He Previously served on the faculty of Fuller Graduate School of Intercultural Studies as associate professor, history of Christianity and globalization, and director of the Center for Missiological Research. Originally from Sierra Leone, he studied in Scotland and taught in Zimbabwe before coming to the U.S. He is author of Euthanasia of a Mission: African Church Autonomy in a Colonial Context (Praeger, 2002) and Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration and the Transformation of the West (Orbis, 2008); and editor of The Twentieth Century: Traditions in a Global Context, vol. 4 of The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions (Oxford, 2019). He has also published numerous articles and book chapters mainly on issues related to the history of Christianity (the African experience in particular) and globalization. His current research interests center around migration and religious encounter.