The three essays in this collection look at Africa’s Christian tradition from different chronological perspectives. The first examines the churches of Egypt, Roman North Africa, Aksum, and Nubia from the late antique period through the Middle Ages. The second examines Augustine of Hippo from an African perspective, often absent from standard accounts. The third is a study of Simon Kimbangu and his ministry in the Belgian Congo in 1921, a ministry which was in many ways a test of just how far African Christians could lead their own Christianity under colonialism. Each essay is a standalone piece. Taken together, they make one argument: Africans have interpreted, organised, and written Christianity from the earliest centuries, and a history of Christianity that sees Africa as a latecomer to the religion gets the story wrong.
IN THIS COMPILATION
Article 01 — Africa Before Europe: How the Continent Helped Shape Christianity
Article 02 — Augustine of Hippo: The African Mind That Shaped Christianity
Article 03 — Simon Kimbangu: Faith, Colonial Power and African Religious Independence
