When Dr. Chike Akua steps into a room — or cracks open a page — he brings with him thousands of years of ancestral wisdom. In his groundbreaking book, The African Origins of Our Faith: Pan-African ...

Seven leaders weigh in on the late Ghanaian scholar’s provocative legacy 20 years after his best-known book. What Luther and Calvin are for evangelical Christians globally, Kwame Bediako is for many ...

Before Islam became the dominant religion in North Africa, the region was a thriving center of early Christianity — and the birthplace of several Catholic popes whose influence still resonates today.

Part I. Selected historical perspectives. Christianity in North Africa / Elias Kifon Bongmba -- Christianity in Egypt: the Coptic Church / Youhanna Nessim Youssef -- Early Christian discourses and ...

Toward the history of African Christianity / Thomas Spear -- African theology and the search for the universal / Gregory H. Maddox -- Chaga religion and missionary Christianity on Kilimanjaro : the ...

Ancient ebony figures discovered in a necropolis in Israel are stylistically African, but made of Asian wood and surfaced from early Christian burials. Tel Malhata was a crossroads for trade routes ...

(The Conversation) — With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in ...

Walter Strickland’s sweeping narrative of African American Christianity portrays a big God who is strong to deliver. Within evangelical circles, we are currently enjoying what might be called a ...