New History of African Christian Thought

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).

• IntroductionChapter 1. Theological Significance of Africa and Africans in the BibleSection I: Early African Christian ThoughtChapter 2. Alexandrian Theology and Contemporary Africa Christian ThoughtChapter 3. Africa and the Christian doctrine of God. Chapter 4. Martyrs and Martyrdom in Coptic ChristianityChapter 5. Augustine and the Donatist MovementChapter 6. Augustine’s Analysts: Reflections on the Psychological Reception History of the ConfessionsSection II: Modern African Christian ThoughtChapter 7. Inculturation Theology in AfricaChapter 8. African Liberation TheologyChapter 9. South African Black Theology of LiberationChapter 10. African Evangelical TheologyChapter 11. The Conception of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: Is It African Or Western?Chapter 12. African Roman Catholic TheologyChapter 13. Contemporary African Christian Thought and Homosexuality: Issues and TrajectoriesIndex

"This volume offers an excellent overview of the width and depth of African Christian thought as it has developed throughout the centuries and across the continent. Its originality is that it considers a wide variety of historical and contemporary traditions as authentic African articulations of Christian faith: from early church fathers such as St Tertullian and St Augustine, to the centuries-old but still living Egyptian Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, to the modern discourses of African liberation, inculturation, feminist, black, evangelical and catholic theologies. The contributions serve to demonstrate the critical point that Africa has been, and still very much is, a crucial part of Christian history, and that African agency continues to shape and reshape Christian thought."- Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds, UK "As a collection of essays, this book brings together some intriguing themes and issues that make the reader ask if there is a greater geographic unity to the history of African Christianity than has previously been considered."- JESSE ZINK, MONTREAL DIOCESAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE