When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in ...

Before Islam became the dominant religion in North Africa, the region was a thriving center of early Christianity — and the birthplace of several Catholic popes whose influence still resonates today.

Part of Leo’s challenge is more firmly establishing who he will be as pope. He is positioning himself early as the pope of ...

A new book recovers the significance of the church father’s geographic and cultural roots. To see one notable answer to that question, consider the work of the scholar Catherine Conybeare, who places ...

Introduction / Toyin Falola -- John Peel / T.C. McCaskie -- The cultural work of Yoruba globalization / Stephan Palmié -- Confusion and empiricism : several connected thoughts / Jane I. Guyer -- ...

Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Studies ...

As Christian denominations in Africa join the preparation for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, clerics, theologians, and laypeople are embracing the moment as a chance to ...