With Cameroon as a point of departure, the author examines the advantages and challenges that accrue from living in a multicultural African society, both for the society and for the Catholic Church, and offers refreshing reflections, suggestions and methods for facilitating interaction and functioning in a multicultural society.

Augustine N. Nkwain, born in Njinikom, hails from Fundong Sub-division in the Boyo Division (Cameroon). He is a priest of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. He studied Philosophy and Theology in St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Bambui (Cameroon), and obtained a Licentiate in 2010 and a Doctorate Degree in Sacred Theology in 2013 from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

Contents: Multicultural – Language – Evangelization – Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue – Authentic African Ecclesiology – European and African Cultural Values – Cultural Distance – Search for Identity – Conflict between Civil Authorities and Traditional Rulers – Cultural Relations in the Old Testament – The Early Church and Cultural Diversity – The Essentials of Theme-Centred Interaction – Theme-Centred Interaction and Intercultural Relations – Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue.