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 ...

Addis Ababa, May 15, 2025 (ENA) -- African religious institutions and leaders should advocate for positive and peaceful ideals to foster broader social cohesion in the continent and beyond, African ...

This article explores how Giriama elders represent their 'traditional religion' (dini ya jadi) through 'interfaith' cooperation with Christians and Muslims in the coastal Kenyan town of Malindi. Based ...

This book explores African spirituality inside and outside of religion, investigating African traditions and perceptions in the study of spirituality across Africa and the African diaspora. It ...

Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange -- a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States’ first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 -- has advanced another step toward sainthood.

Kenya hosted the first-ever International Religious Freedom Summit in Africa with delegates from across the globe convening in Nairobi mid-June to deliberate on the theme, "Africa Together: A ...

Albert Raboteau Jr., the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Emeritus, died peacefully at home in Princeton on Sept. 18 following a years-long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was 78. Raboteau ...

(RNS) — Albert J. Raboteau, an American religion historian who helped students and journalists enhance their understanding of African American religion, has died. The scholar died on Saturday (Sept.

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique / Umar Habila Dadem ...

(RNS) — Archbishop Desmond Tutu constantly faced the binaries of the Western world such as church or state, individual or community, and denomination or church. Ubuntu became Tutu’s clarion call to ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” explores the history and influence of Black religious music. For Black Music Month, host Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and ...