Vol 3, No 2 (2026): African Christian Theology

Issue Description

Volume 3, no. 2 of African Christian Theology (September 2026).

 

ACT is the academic journal of the  Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA).  This issue includes content in English, French, and Portuguese.

Editorial essay

From Ethiopia to Ghana, DR Congo to Malawi
152–154
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/05t8qn76
De l’Éthiopie au Ghana, de la RD Congo au Malawi
155–158
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/q274pg98
Da Etiópia ao Gana, da RD do Congo ao Maláui
159–162
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/24khcm08

Articles

The Council of the 318: The Defining Epoch for the Ethiopian Täwaḥǝdo Church ?
Ralph LEE (Author)
163–186
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/6fh7jh03
The ‘Other’ as ‘Yene-Bitte’: Reimagining an Ethiopian Ethics of Moral Responsibility
Youdit Tariku FEYESSA (Author)
187–207
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/ncy8za42
The Victory of the Blood of Christ in the New Testament and in Ethiopia
Abenezer G. URGA (Author)
208–225
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/e27y4q61
Entrée et sortie du christianisme :  L’État actuel de l’Église protestante dans certains milieux ruraux de la République Démocratique du Congo [Entrance and Exit from Christianity:  The Current State of the Protestant Church in Certain Rural Areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Trésor KHONDE NDELE (Author)
226–250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/hx7kkk44
Liberation Through Contextualization:  African Women’s  Theology and the Trokosi System within the Ewe Culture of Ghana”
Leopold GADAGOE (Author)
251–270
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/5gc8jt05
Reading the Eschatology of 1 Peter with African Help: John S. Mbiti’s Contribution
Grant LeMARQUAND (Author)
271–285
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/csn67z87

Book Review Articles

Ecclesiology in African Perspectives: [Ngaruiya, David K,. and Rodney L. Reed, eds. Ecclesiology in Africa]
Daniel MWAILU (Author)
286–310
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/5488b464

Book Review Essays

Caring for the Least of These in Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: The Response of the Christian Church in Kenya to the COVID-19 Pandemic: [Munyao, Martin, Joseph Muutuki, Patrick Musembi, and Daniel Kaunga, eds. [The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya]
Phillip A. CANTRELL II (Author)
311–318
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/n2y38r94
Antiparallel Missional Dynamics: Spiritual Power from Nigeria, Financial Resources from the Rest: [Chewachong, Amos B. Intra-African Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Power: The Nigerian Winners’ Chapel in Cameroon]
Chammah J. KAUNDA (Author)
319–322
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/f6de0163
Reading James Through the Lens of God’s Mission: [Urga, Abeneazer G., Jessica A. Udall, and Edward L. Smither, eds. Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James]
Melesse K. WOLDETSADIK (Author)
323–326
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/agr20939
Africa’s Claim on a Western Church Father: [Conybeare, Catherine. Augustine the African]
Nathan Alexander SCOTT (Author)
327–331
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/9339sq19
Reclaiming Revelation: Postcolonial Hermeneutics, African Liberation, and the Theology of Hope and Resistance: [Waweru, Humphrey Mwangi. The Apocalypse of John and Liberation Theology in Africa]
Nebeyou A. TEREFE (Author)
332–335
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/jjfmev04
An African Pneumatological Contribution to World Christianity : [Godebo, Yacob. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: An Examination of the Person, Gifts, and Works of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Teaching and Historical Christian Teaching and Practice through the Centuries]
Bruk Ayele ASALE (Author)
336–341
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/dyqkjr74
Cheo ni dhamana (Leadership is Trust): [Chiwanga, Simon E. Muhudumu: The Episcopacy in Africa Reconsidered]
Francis OMONDI (Author)
342–345
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/fnvrj308
Grassrootlevel Church: God’s Children in Action: [Knoetze, Johannes, and Jacques W. Beukes, eds. Diaconia: Acts, Understandings, and Stories of Service in a Pluralistic Southern Africa]
Willem-Henri den HARTOG (Author)
346–349
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/228j2x27
The Missio Dei Calls for an Equipped and Empowered Laity: [Glissmann, Volker, ed. Towards a Malawian Theology of Laity. Mzuzu, Malawi: Luviri Press, 2020. ]
Donald Stanley MEADOR (Author)
350–357
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/b0123091

Short Reviews

Idumwonyi, Itohan Mercy. Crashed Realities? Gender Dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism. [Book Note Review]
358–360
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/ayxvbs44
Gambo, David N. Spirit-Empowered Witness: A Lukan Theology of Preaching. [Book Note Review]
361–362
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/m0dqgb87
Falconer, Robert. Spectacular Atonement: Envisioning the Cross of Christ in an African Perspective [Book Note Review]
363–364
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/fndmf973
Hartman, Tim. Kwame Bediako: African Theology for a World Christianity [Book Note Review]
365–367
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69683/13vqkf84
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