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.

David Tonghou Ngong (Ph.D., Baylor University) is originally from Cameroon, Africa, and is currently Associate Professor of Religion and Theology at Stilman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. In addition to many published articles in international journals, he is author of The Holy Spirit and Salvation in African Christian Theology (2010) and Theology as Construction of Piety (2013).

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