A New History of African Christian Thought

David Tonghou Ngong offers a comprehensive view of African Christian thought that includes North Africa in antiquity as well as Sub-Saharan Africa from the period of colonial missionary activity to the present. Challenging conventional colonial divisions of Africa, A New History of African Christian Thought demonstrates that important continuities exist across the continent. Chapters written by specialists in African Christian thought reflect the issues—both ancient and modern—in which Christian Africa has impacted the shape of Christian belief from the beginning of the movement up to the present day.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Theological Significance of Africa and Africans in the Bible

Section I: Early African Christian Thought

Chapter 2. Alexandrian Theology and Contemporary Africa Christian Thought

Chapter 3. Africa and the Christian doctrine of God.

Chapter 4. Martyrs and Martyrdom in Coptic Christianity

Chapter 5. Augustine and the Donatist Movement

Chapter 6. Augustine’s Analysts: Reflections on the Psychological Reception History of the Confessions

Section II: Modern African Christian Thought

Chapter 7. Inculturation Theology in Africa

Chapter 8. African Liberation Theology

Chapter 9. South African Black Theology of Liberation

Chapter 10. African Evangelical Theology

Chapter 11. The Conception of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: Is It African Or Western?

Chapter 12. African Roman Catholic Theology

Chapter 13. Contemporary African Christian Thought and Homosexuality: Issues and Trajectories

Index