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African Christian Theology (print ISSN:  3006-1768; online ISSN:  3007-1771) is the academic journal of the Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA).  The mission of ACTEA is to strengthen theological education through accreditation, scholarship, and support services to serve the church and transform society.  The journal is one way in which ACTEA engages theological educators and church leaders in addressing relevant issues facing the church and society in Africa.  African Christian Theology serves the whole of Africa and provides a venue for conversations between different regions of Africa, as well as an organ through which African voices can address World Christianity at large.  Following in the footsteps of theologians such as Kwame Bediako, Byang Kato, Kä Mana, Lamin Sanneh, Andrew F. Walls, and Isaac Zokoué, the journal promotes World Christianity perspectives through deep engagement with African contextual realities.  Articles are published in one of three languages — English, French, or Portuguese; each article has a trilingual abstract in those languages.  The journal also publishes short “booknote” book reviews and longer critical book review essays.

Current IssueVol 2, No 1 (2025): African Christian Theology

Published April 1, 2025

Issue Description

Volume 1, no. 1 of African Christian Theology (March 2025).

ACT is the academic journal of the Association for Christian Education in Africa (ACTEA).

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Table of Contents

Editorial essay

Applying Ubuntu [Editorial]
1–3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/2c11yw23
Aplicando o Ubuntu [Editorial]
4–7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/xm5r1466
Mettre en Practique l’Ubuntu
8–11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/ha8kbe59

Articles

In His Own Image . . . Male and Female He Created Them
John Samuel POBEE (Author)
12–19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/a8r0xy85
Ubuntu as a Corrective in Mission
Stephanie A. LOWERY (Author)
20–38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/g43zwa13
Without Exceptions: Envisioning Ubuntu Churches Confronting Abuse in Africa
Alfred SEBAHENE, Ruth BARRON (Author)
39–63
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/n5ebjs21
The Prosperity Gospel in African Christianity: A Bibliography
Joshua Robert BARRON (Author)
64–102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/2va31a37

Book Review Essays

Debating the Steps to Decolonize Theological Education in Africa: [Nyika, Felix Chimera, Mzee Herman Y. Mvula, and Kenneth R. Ross, eds. Decolonizing the Theological Curriculum in an Online Age.]
Stephanie A. LOWERY, Beatrice MUTUA (Author)
103–110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/117ax813
The Problem of Curses in African Christianity: [Adeboye, Godwin O. Can a Christian Be Cursed? An African Evangelical Response to the Problem of Curses]
Okuchukwu Venatus AKPE (Author)
111–114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/2wesd981
The missio Dei and the identity of the church in 1 Peter: [Urga, Abeneazer G., Jessica A. Udall, and Edward L. Smither, eds. Reading 1 Peter Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message and Methods of 1 Peter]
Benjamin MARX (Author)
115–124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/1cwve338
The Heavenly Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews: Background, Nature, and Significance: [Urga, Abeneazer G. Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews: The Background and Nature of Jesus’ Heavenly Intercession in the Epistle to the Hebrews]
Nebeyou A. TEREFE (Author)
125–127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/w7agry59

Announcements / Calls for papers

Nicaea at 1700: Roots and Branches in African Christianity
Editors (Author)
128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/80gdb661
Nicée à 1700 ans : Racines et Branches dans le Christianisme Africain
Editors (Author)
129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/h9ejvk79
Nicéia a 1700 anos: Raízes e Ramos do Cristianismo Africano
Editors (Author)
130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/2bsm0c23
Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, 2026 Conference: Hamartiology: Doctrine of Sin in African Christianity
Editors (Author)
131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/131kzt83

Short Reviews

Knoetze, Johannes, ed. Evangelism — Perspective from an African Context: [Book Note Review]
132–133
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/vzafsr93
Aleshire, Daniel O. Beyond Profession: The Next Future of Theological Education: [Book Note Review]
134–136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/4c3ac982
Galadmia, Bulus, and Sam George, eds. Africans in Diaspora and Diasporas in Africa: [Book Note Review]
137–138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/tbwfdr49
Maxwell, David. Religious Entanglements: Central African Pentecostalism, the Creation of Cultural Knowledge, and the Making of the Luba Katanga: [Book Note Review]
139–141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/h77t7q58
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