QUAERENS: Journal of Theology and Christianity Studies
Vol 6 No 2 (2024): Vol 6 No 2 (2024): QUAERENS: Journal of Theology and Christianity Studies

Is Christianity A “Newcomer” to Africa? Rethinking the Religion-Political Conundrum in African Christianity

Akibu, Samuel Olamiji (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2024

Abstract

In this paper, I argue that Africa is not alien to Christianity, and neither is Christianity a “Newcomer” religion to Africa. As Africa and Africans contributed immensely and significantly to the entrenchment of the Christian Gospel as well as the formulation of its theology, religion-political conundrum, namely, Western colonization and Prosperity Gospel/Theology engendered the suspicions and the distrusts laced towards Christianity by the post-colonial Africans- hence the need for a robust and wholistic theology that is devoid of the temporal contract of the Prosperity Theology but adequately responds to the religious, political, and socio-economic plights of post-colonial Africa. This article challenges the notion that Christianity is a "newcomer" to Africa by tracing its deep historical roots on the continent and emphasizing the significant contributions of Africans to Christian theology. It also critiques the religion-political conundrum, particularly the harmful influence of Western colonialism and the Prosperity Gospel, which has distorted the true message of Christianity in Africa.

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quaerens

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Religion Humanities Education

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QUAERENS: Journal of Theology and Christianity Studies is a place for publication of results of research on Christian theology and Christian Religious Education with the number ISSN: 2722-0753 (online), ISSN: 2722-0869 (print), published by the Indonesian Christian Theological Association. the scope ...