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Christianity is the most widely practiced religions along with Islam and is the largest religion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several syncretistic and messianic sects have formed throughout much of the continent, including the Nazareth Baptist Church in South Africa and the Aladura churches in Nigeria.
Christianity portal. Africa portal. Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. Christianity in Africa by city (8 C) Christianity in Africa by country (58 C, 1 P) * African Christians (55 C, 13 P) Anti-Christian sentiment in Africa (2 C, 8 P) +. Christianity in North Africa (11 C, 4 P) B.
In the 21st century, they constitute the bulk of the booming Christian community on the continent. As of 2023, there are an estimated 718 million Christians from all denominations in Africa, and the majority of Africans are Christian.
Subcategories. This category has the following 58 subcategories, out of 58 total. A. Christianity in Algeria (7 C, 5 P) Christianity in Angola (6 C, 1 P) B. Christianity in Benin (4 C, 1 P) Christianity in Botswana (8 C, 2 P) Christianity in Burkina Faso (4 C, 2 P) Christianity in Burundi (6 C, 2 P) Christianity in Cameroon (5 C, 1 P)
By Kwame Bediako. African Christian thought in the post-missionary era: liberation and integration. It has become well known that two distinct trends have emerged in African Christian thought in the post-independent and post-missionary era, from the late 1950s to the late 1980s.
Christianity in Africa contributed greatly to the renewed awareness in the latter half of the twentieth century that Christianity is a ‘non-Western religion’ (Andrew Walls, Kwame Bediako). As such, the study of African Christianity is not only important in Africa itself, but also for the church worldwide. Many academic institutions in other ...
The literature on African Christianity is huge and often characterized by diverse colonial and religious perspectives and biases, requiring one to read it critically. For more on African religions, see the related Oxford Bibliographies articles on African Traditional Religion and Islam in Africa.
