East African Revival

Dr Kevin Ward taught in Uganda for many years and is lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Leeds University, and the author of A History of Global Anglicanism, and currently writing a history of the Ruanda Mission of CMS and its impact on the life of the Churches in Kigezi, Rwanda and Burundi. Emma Wild-Wood taught in DR Congo and Uganda. She is Director of the Henry Martyn Centre and teaches in Cambridge University and the Cambridge Theological Federation. She is the author of Migration and Christian Identity in Congo (DRC).

'This wonderful collection of essays on the East African Revival contains a rich mixture of personal accounts, commentary by church leaders, scholarly essays, and historical resources. It gives an unsurpassed view of one of the most important Christian movements of the twentieth century. Occasioned by the establishment of the Joe Church Collection at the Henry Martyn Center, Cambridge University, it belongs on the bookshelf of everyone concerned with the growth and identity of African Christianity today.' Dana L. Robert, Boston University, USA 'The essays in the volume by Ward and Wild-Wood also add greatly to our knowledge of the cause, course and conduct of the East African Revival... When old hands at African history, such as this reviewer, get really excited after reading a book and want to tell those they meet about it, we are near to a conversion experience.' Christianity and History Bulletin 'This volume provides a remarkably rich coverage, for beginner and proficient alike, of the many facets of the EAR - its nature, personalities, distinguishing features, wider context, driving forces, and effects.' Journal of African History 'Overall this is an indispensable book for those whose work deals with the East African Revival or the historical study of evangelical-style revivals in world history. It would also be profitable for those interested in the nature of African Christianity and modern East Africa, as well as for those wanting to better understand the sociocultural implications of Christian conversion.' Missiology 'Excellent footnotes and an extensive bibliography on the East African Revival, including unpublished theses and dissertations, serve the scholarly purpose of stimulating further research on this fascinating topic In African' Christianity. In addition, several case studies of the Balokole in different parts' of East Africa aptly illustrate the profound Influence of revivalist spirituality and worldview in people's lives. Ward and Wild-Wood's volume provides readers with a nuanced and sophisticated view of this remarkable renewal movement and its role in African Christian history.' Mission Studies

• Part 1 Historical Overview; Introduction, Kevin Ward; Chapter 1 Revival, Mission and Church in Kigezi, Rwanda and Burundi, Kevin Ward; Part II Testimony and Personal Perspectives; Chapter 2 1Most of the footnotes for this chapter are provided by Dr Derek Peterson with the permission of Dr Gatu., John G. Gatu; Chapter 3 A Personal Experience of the Revival, John C.T. Church; Chapter 4 The Revival Through CMS Eyes, Simon Barrington-Ward; Chapter 5 Revival and Pentecostalism in my Life, Amos Kasibante; Part III Historical and Cultural Perspectives; Chapter 6 Possessing Spirits, Powerful Water and Possible Continuities, Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton; Chapter 7 The Loyalties of Early Revival Leaders in Busoga, Ken Farrimond; Chapter 8 1 My research for this essay was supported by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust. Archives are abbreviated as follows: JEC: Joe Church papers, Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge; KNA: Kenya National Archives, Nairobi; NMK: National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi; ACK: Anglican Church of Kenya archives, Nairobi., Derek R. Peterson; Chapter 9 Haya Women’s Response to Revival, Birgitta Larsson; Chapter 10 Chosen Evangelical Revival on the Northern Congo-Uganda Border, Emma Wild-Wood; Part IV Socio-Theological Perspectives; Chapter 11 Confession and Cultural Dynamism in the Revival, John Karanja; Chapter 12 The Revival Testimony of Second Wives, Esther Mombo; Chapter 13 1I would like to thank Drs Derek Peterson, Emma Wild-Wood, Kevin Ward, Joel Cabrita and Alistair Fair for their extremely helpful comments on earlier drafts of this chapter., Nick Godfrey; partV Sources and Scholarship; Chapter 14 1This chapter could not have been written without the assistance of Dr Sue Sutton, Archivist of the Henry Martyn Centre, who was involved at every stage in bringing the archive to the Centre, sorting, conserving and listing the contents and mounting exhibitions., Terry Barringer; Chapter 15 The Revival in an African Milieu, Kevin Ward; Chapter 16 The East African Revival in the Study of African Christianity, Emma Wild-Wood;