Prof Ian Nell’s book “Together in God’s Theatre” – Practical Theology in an African context is opening a new chapter in Practical Theology. It is approaching this important discipline from the (South) African context and taking the faith practices of African Initiated (Independent) Churches seriously, while simultaneously keeping the strong link to the mainline churches and traditional discipline of Practical Theology. In this book Nell is creatively developing a Theo-dramatic approach to Practical Theology. Practical Theology is defined as an endeavour of “faith seeking understanding”: “An important assumption with which faith works is therefore the presence and claim of the O(o)ther, of God and of other people, in and on our lives. We talk of the so-called praesentia Dei.” (p5) This book is well written and beautifully presented; it is highly recommended for theological students, ministers, scholars and to be used in theological training institutions across Africa and further abroad.