African Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract

In this essay, Professor Mugambi reflects on the concepts behind the phrase “African Christian Theology.” Along the way he examines how forms of African Christianity arrived in their current state, highlighting African agency. As he seeks the conceptual core of this label, he promotes the value of theologizing in African vernaculars. After his retrospective musings on African Christian Theology, he turns to the future offerings which African Christianity may provide to the global Church.