From the enormously influential megachurches of Walter Magaya and Emmanuel Makandiwa to smaller ‘startups,’ the church in Zimbabwe has frightening, nearly despotic authority.
Kenya is a secular state, but if President Ruto must evangelise, let him draw on the scriptures to denounce the unjust systems that have brought the...
Critics need to be patient, learn to deal with the ambiguity of the current political moment, and let Kenyans figure out what Ruto’s religion means politically...
A theologically informed course of action that sets cremation as an alternative way of disposing of the dead that is consistent with the existing traditions of...
While many African Christians can only imagine a white Jesus, others have actively promoted a vision of a brown or black Jesus, both in art and...
At a time when Evangelical Christianity frequently goes against the interests of African people, is it time for us to re-make Christianity?
The Bible paints a picture of Jesus Christ who was not just pro-women, but who included and recognised women’s full potential and humanity. What lessons can...
China is fending off the influence of religion, particularly Christianity, by “rewriting” the Bible, and adapting it to the goals of the ruling Communist Party –...
The explosion of deliverance ministries that conduct bizarre exorcisms on hapless followers is the result of governments having failed to provide services to struggling populations who...
In a continent with crippled medical facilities, claims of divine healing and miracles by duplicitous evangelical/Pentecostal ministers have abounded, with disastrous effects. These fake pastors take...
In the Bible study I attend in one of the mega-churches in Nairobi, not once have I had instances where the Bible verses we discuss reflect...
After being pushed and suppressed into the confines of our culture, after being labelled demonic, unnatural, attention-seeking, perverted, and sin, queerness is simply asking to be...