Toward an African-Christian Demonology: The Demonologies of African Traditional Religion, African Christianity, and Early Christianity in Dialogue [PDF]
Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2017 Christian interactions with the spirit-world of African traditional religion (ATR) have remained problematic due, in part, to the failure of Christian missionaries to understand in detail the cosmology of ATR and the angelologies and demonologies of ...
Moscicke, Hans
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Reincarnation Christology in African Christian Theology [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2023 The subject of reincarnation has been considered a reserve of primal (esoteric) religions or cultures. Therefore, it has not been thoroughly studied to decipher the philosophical and theological issues thereof. Notwithstanding, what seems to be the total
Edward Agboada , Francis Appiah Kubi
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Pragmatism in the lenses of African Christianity: An emic approach to lived religions [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 African Christianity, as the synthesis of Christianity and African Traditional Religion, is often perceived as an ideal form of belief and practice that informs religious worship and ethics for nominal Christians.
Joel Mokhoathi
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The significance of African oral tradition in the making of African Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 As religious systems are intertwined with social systems, change and continuity in thought and practice constitute a significant feature of Christianity. Thus, African Christianity embodies a distinct socio-cultural stamp of the continent.
Valentine U. Iheanacho
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From Saul the Pharisee to Paul the Apostle: The Conversion of Paul, a Prototype for Africans’ Conversion to Christianity? [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2021 This article grapples with the question of the relevance of Paul’s conversion in Acts 8-9 in relation to the current African conversion to Christianity.
Elia Shabani Mligo
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Eschatology in African Traditional Religion and African Christianity: Implications for Biblical and Theological Scholarship in Africa [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 African traditional religion has many concepts that present alternative and a variety of contexts for Christianity, theology and biblical scholarship in Africa which can also provide appropriate answers to the many questions of African Christians. One of
Edward Agboada
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Acta Theologica, 2021 This article explores the roots and expansion of African Christianity – that is, the synthesis of Christianity and African Traditional Religion among the amaXhosa tribes of the Eastern Cape. This form of synthesis appears to have been an age-old problem
J. Mokhoathi
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Eschatological Christology in African Christianity: A Reflection on Relevance and Implication
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2022 Eschatological Christology in African Christianity is an attempt to appreciate the concept of eschatology (beliefs about death, judgement and the final destiny of individual souls and humankind) in African Christianity and decipher its significance and ...
Edward Agboada
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Doing African Christian Theology: Some Non-negotiable Essentials [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2021 Missionary Christianity was introduced into Africa by Western and American missionaries whose theological framework shaped Christianity in Africa. Since theology is contextually informed, missionary theological formulations failed to meet Africa’s ...
Isaac Boaheng
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New Horizons in the Study of Early African Christianity
Vox Patrum, 2022 Teaching early Christianity in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa since 2002, has convinced this author how important it is for African Christians to know of the deep roots of Christianity in Africa, and recognize the important early African theologians ...
Wendy Elgersma Helleman
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