Prof. David Maxwell, Ph.D.

David Maxwell is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge.

He is an historian of African Christianity who has written on mission history in colonial and post-colonial settings; the religious encounter of Christianity with African traditional religion; indigenous African Christian movements; Pentecostalism, transnationalism and religious globalisation.

David Maxwell is a Visiting Fellow in March 2020 upon invitation from PD Dr. Ciprian Burlacioiu (CAS Young Center). He will participate in the conference "Migration und Diaspora in der Globalgeschichte des Christentums" on 25 and 26 March 2020.