Matthews A. Ojo

MATTHEW OJO earned his PhD degree from Kings’ College and the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) in 1986, specializing in African Christianity with a special interest in Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in Africa and indigenous initiatives in Protestant Missions from Africa. He has published extensively on these and other subjects. His recent book is End Time Army: Charismatic Movements in Modern Nigeria. Ojo has served as visiting professor to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1993–1994); Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, (1994 & 1995); Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (2002), and the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (2006), among others. Presently, he is a professor of Religious Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and an adjunct professor at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.