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Pentecostalism in the Sub-Sahara
This chapter traces the historical and social context of the study, including the situation of the neglected continent of Africa. The decolonisation...
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Catholic Missions and African Responses II: 1800–1885
Nineteenth-century renewed Catholic mission in sub-Saharan Africa reflected innovative new missionary bodies, renewed papal support, the growth of...
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Sacralized Violence in Sufism
Often, the mystical dimension of Islam (Sufism) is believed to constitute an irenic practice of Islam. Sufism, however, has an ambivalent...
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Religion and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Christianity as a new religion imposed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by missionaries is predicated on the destruction of traditional...
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Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa
There is a growing realization that the earth is clearly warming at a worrying pace. Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicates...
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The Tuareg, from Arabia to Americas
The Arab and Muslim Identity of Native American Peoples and Tribes, The Tuareg, challenges conventional history by tracing Arab and African...
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Catholic Missions and African Responses I: 1450–1800
Prior to 1800, Catholic missionary engagement with sub-Saharan Africa reflected the energies of Portuguese missionaries. Thwarted by Muslim...
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The Origins of Andalusian Muslim Matrilineal Systems
From ancient times, before the Roman invasion, many regions of the Iberian Peninsula had matrilinear and matrifocal structures. A combination of...
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The Writings and Legacy of J. F. Ade Ajayi
This chapter focuses on the writings of Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi. It examines his pioneering work as one of the African historians of the...
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African Pentecostalism from an African Perspective
The growth of African Pentecostalism impacts practice and expression of Christianity both on and off the continent. The range of Pentecostal...
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European Christianity and European Imperialism in Africa
The chapter examines the relationships between the rising tide of late nineteenth-century missionary activity and the European partition of Africa...
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Essentials of African Spirituality
This chapter discusses what have been identified as the essentials of African spirituality and ethics. Firstly, the idea of the all-encompassing...
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Introduction
This introductory chapter offers three things. First is an assessment of the stasis in the historical discourse about the history of Christianity in...
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Geography, Islam, and Africa
This chapter examines the relationship between geography and Islam in Africa. Using dataData and maps, it highlights the distribution of Islam at the...
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Map** a Contextual Theology of African Migration
Twenty-first-century Africa is characterized by human migration that is driven by diverse factors, often including a search for better livelihood,...
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Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, 800–1900
The chapter presents the historyHistory(ies) of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa from the eighth century to the end of the nineteenth centuryNineteenth...
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Manuscript Libraries of Sub-Saharan Muslim Africa
This chapter deals with ArabicArabic and ʿAjamīʿAjamī manuscripts in sub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan Africa, which emerged due to the expansion of...
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Islam and Music in Africa
This chapter traces historiesHistories of sounded practicePractice(s) that connect geographically distant locales, revealing shared orientations to...
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Islam in West Africa: Diffusion and Growth
This chapter discusses the processes of West African Islamization as a combination of factors including the reaction of West Africans to Islam as the...
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Islam and Christianity in Africa
The chapter shows the long history of Christianity and Islam in Africa and how in many parts of Africa the two faiths have encountered each other,...