Christian Conversion and Mission: A Brief Cultural History

"It is a cause for rejoicing that once again, Prof. Andrew Walls in this collection [has] given us a panoramic sweep of how the Christian faith has been appropriated by various cultures. . . .  It is a tribute to Walls’ prescience that he saw the faith moving from a Christianity etherized as merely saving individual souls to whole nations turning to Christ from within their own cultures and life systems." -Melba Padilla Maggay, Ph.D.Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture

“This book encapsulates what many regard as Andrew Walls’ central contribution to the diachronic Christian understanding of who we are and how we became that way: Christian conversion. Each of the eight chapters serves as one sparkling facet of a diamond unearthed through skillful excavation of the deepest and richest veins of the Christian story. If I were back in the classroom, this book would be required reading.”—Jonathan Bonk, Research Professor of Mission, Boston University

“Andrew F. Walls ‘converted’ all of us by focusing his writings and lectures on conversion away from a phenomenon that historically had been associated with Western religious hegemony and imperialism, coercion, and demonization of cultures, to mean a process in which we literally submit to Christ all we are and all we have. These refreshing essays by Walls, ably edited by Mark Gornik, move the discourses on conversion to a new level that accommodates developments in Christianity as a non-Western religion.”—Most Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Presiding Bishop, Methodist Church Ghana