Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Changing Face of Christianity: The Cultural Impetus of a World Religion -- PART I. Christianity as a Non-Western Religion: Studies from Africa and the African Diaspora -- 1. Religion Bridge: Translating Secular into Sacred Music: A Study of World Christianity Focusing on the U.S. Virgin Islands -- 2. Culture, Christianity, and Witchcraft in a West African Context -- 3. Shall They Till with Their Own Hoes? Baptists in Zimbabwe and New Patterns of Interdependence, 1950-2000 -- 4. A View of Ghana's New Christianity -- 5. The Role of Churches in the Peace Process in Africa: The Case of Mozambique Compared -- 6. Christian Witness in the Public Sphere: Some Lessons and Residual Challenges from the Recent Political History of Ghana -- PART II. Reflex Impact: World Christianity and the West since 1850 -- 7. Interpreting Karen Christianity: The American Baptist Reaction to Asian Christianity in the Nineteenth Century -- 8. Missionary Thinking about Religious Plurality at Tambaram 1938: Hendrik Kraemer and His Critics -- 9. Contextual Theology: The Last Frontier -- Conclusion: The Current Transformation of Christianity -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.