to both scholars and students alike, particularly those interested in understanding Christianity as a global phenomenon."" --Michael K. Turner, Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, NC ""One of the finest pieces of scholarship ever written on largely pre- Augustinian African Christian thought, African Christian Mothers and Fathers is Mark Ellingsen's latest remarkable and solid contribution to autochthonous African Christian spirituality. Taking into its broad sweep the African treatment of fundamental doctrinal and soteriological topics, the book amply evinces the relevance of the early African church to the modern church catholic: ubi spiritus, ibi ecclesia."" --Chris Synodinos, Clark University, Worcester, MA ""The present volume emphasizes several aspects of thoughts and methods of early theologians of North Africa in the first centuries of our era and discloses important facets of their work. It highlights the origin and the growth of Christianity in Africa and constitutes an essential contribution to a more exact and well-rounded knowledge of the social culture and church life."" --Helene Perdicoyianni-Paleologou, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa Mark Ellingsen is Professor of Church History at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. The author of nineteen books and hundreds of published articles, his most important books in the field of church history include The Richness of Augustine, Sin Bravely, and his widely used two-volume textbook, Reclaiming Our Roots.