CHRISTIANS IN THE CITIES OF JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA, becoming in an African megacity

326pp., illus., maps, paperback, Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2025

ISBN: 9781350329904

Christians in the Cities focuses on the Johannesburg-Pretoria corridor, examining the connections and disconnections between Christian faith expressions and urban change in a context where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist.

"Stéphan de Beer has shown with this gallery of ten portraits of Christians in a South African megacity between Johannesburg and Pretoria, that he is one of the most original and insightful urban theologians in the world today. This compelling work of local research on the dynamic convergence of African urban space and Christian faith deserves a global readership." William Storrar, Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry, USA

"Conveyed by one of the world's rapidly growing metropolitan regions and Christian faith populations, this textured and systematic examination of South African urban congregations pulsates with rich dynamisms. This is cutting-edge analysis, dispatched from a frontline context of urban and religious expansion and reconfiguration." R. Drew Smith, Professor of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Co-Convenor of Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, USA 

Stéphan de Beer is Director of the Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria.