These African theologians are all in on the synod—and want to make it a permanent part of the church
Participants in the “Living Church: Theology of Synodality/Foundations of Synodality" meeting gather in Nairobi on June 21, 2024 (Photo courtesy of the African Synodality Initiative). “We need ...
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ACTEA restructures into three language-based councils to strengthen theological training across Africa
Africa's main evangelical theological accreditation body has voted to reorganize itself into three distinct language-based ...
“Resurrection,” by Engelbert Mveng, S.J., in the Jesuit chapel at Hekima College in Nairobi, Kenya. (Courtesy of author) Upon the death of the Rev. Bénézet Bujo last week in Switzerland, the ...
Boston College theology professor M. Shawn Copeland. (Credit: Boston College.) Listen ROME — The women of Africa need to claim their space in the field of theology. This was one of the conclusions as ...
Recently a friend told me about an experience he and his wife had as students at a flagship evangelical seminary in the early 1980s. “The black church,” one of their professors explained, “is not ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — When some African church pastors ordered their followers to eat grass or gulp petrol or even drink poison-laced water, their congregations have obeyed the instructions, thinking ...
Pope Francis on July 19 encouraged African theologians to bring "good news of mercy for the poor and nourish people and communities in their struggle for life, peace and hope." The pope's remarks came ...
A young Monsignor Tharcisse Tshibangu, right, during the era of strongman Mobutu Sese Seko’s rule over Zaire, when Tshibangu was rector of a national university. Listen ROME — Probably no one person ...
The hard-line position of, especially, the evangelical churches in Africa has led to murmurs about the rise of Christian Talibans. This socially conservative movement might be the one grabbing the ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Pope Leo's decision to make Africa one of the early destinations of his young papacy signals the continent's importance in global Catholicism. His April 2026 visit reflects ...
Let me start with a declaration from start: I am a Pentecostal Christian who has often been curious about the trajectory of both mainstream Christianity (be it evangelical or Pentecostal) and African ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The esteemed Jesuit theologian, speaker, and leader, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J., STL ’98, Hon. ’12, will become the new dean of the Jesuit School of ...
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