This article provides a broad overview of key issues that have animated theology in Africa. It thinks of theology in Africa as African Christian theology and engages the key issues from a historical and continental perspective. It shows how Christian theology in Africa has engaged key issue...
One of the recurring themes in African Christian theological discourse is that of Christ as ‘an ancestor’. This article considers the meaning of Jesus Christ as an ‘ancestor’, first by introducing African ancestral belief and then examining perspectives from African theologians who apply an...
This entry starts by exploring the meaning of the term ‘Arabic Christian theology’ to explain its oxymoronic nature. It then introduces the form of Christian theological thought that one can find in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It offers a brief hi...