Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

The aim of this article is to acknowledge the impact of African religious beliefs and traditional cultural values to the development of Christianity in the sub-Saharan Africa. The challenge facing African Christian theology is that has not been developed to deal with African spiritual needs and mentality. Though the faith has been planted from the inception of the gospel being preached in north Africa, there is still much to be done to make African theology independent of its parent theology. The thesis began with the historical dilemma that confronted African Christianity in the 20th century. The author made his claim about the influence of African religious beliefs and cultural values that enriched the development of its theology in the 21st century Christianity. Its major objective is to unearth the rich resources in African religious and cultural values to the development of African theology. It however, shared its common fears and challenges. A posteriori approach has been employed by the author to expose the claim of the thesis.

Open Full Text (PDF)