When Dr. Chike Akua steps into a room — or cracks open a page — he brings with him thousands of years of ancestral wisdom. In his groundbreaking book, The African Origins of Our Faith: Pan-African ...

The cross, once carried in conquest, has been reclaimed as a symbol of solidarity. It no longer crowns emperors; it comforts the crucified. From chains to church, from plantation to pulpit, the faith ...

Nsukka, Nigeria — Since early childhood, Chidi Nwaohia’s life has swung like a pendulum between two spiritual paths: Christianity and African traditional religion. His life was always marked by ...

Part I. Selected historical perspectives. Christianity in North Africa / Elias Kifon Bongmba -- Christianity in Egypt: the Coptic Church / Youhanna Nessim Youssef -- Early Christian discourses and ...

Father Moses Berry, an orthodox priest and founder of the Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum, died late this week at age 73, according to family and parishioners. Berry, a spiritual leader and ...

In the eastern Libyan city of Derna, archaeological remains linked to St. Mark the Evangelist continue to bear witness to the country’s early Christian heritage, ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news ...

Ancient ebony figures discovered in a necropolis in Israel are stylistically African, but made of Asian wood and surfaced from early Christian burials. Tel Malhata was a crossroads for trade routes ...

(The Conversation) — With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in ...

Walter Strickland’s sweeping narrative of African American Christianity portrays a big God who is strong to deliver. Within evangelical circles, we are currently enjoying what might be called a ...