An African Christian offers the most informed book available on global megatrends, arguing that immigrant groups, especially African, are having a decisive impact on the emerging shape of Christianity, far different than most in the West expect.

The eminent Yale historian Lamin Sanneh sees this book as offering a convincing “series of wide ranging reflections on globalization and the currents driving it. Hanciles looks at emerging demographic flows and fault lines, arguing that these currents find their confluence in the transformation of the West by Christianized immigrant groups from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, and Latin America. His book is a rallying call for a fresh missionary engagement with global population shifts and a welcome contribution to studies in the field.”