Jesus, the Gospels, and African Christianity
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African biblical criticism
African Biblical Hermeneutics
African Christianity
African Initiated Churches
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Bible
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Christology
Christology in Africa
contextual prayer and fasting practices
Deity
Embodiment
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Exorcism
Faith
Fasting
forthcoming
Gospels
Historical Jesus
Identity
Jesus
New African Biblical Criticism
New Testament
New Testament contextualisation
Nigeria
pastoral theology Africa
Practice
Prayer
Religion
religious ritual analysis
Sacred space
Spiritual
spiritual formation studies
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- ISBN 9781041163596
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book considers how teaching in the Gospels and the practice of prayer and fasting can be interpreted in an African context. It highlights African understandings of key aspects of Christology, analysing Jesus’s identity and embodiment of prayer. The author engages with a New African Biblical Criticism approach and draws on the historical context of first-century Judeo-Christianity. Critiquing certain practices within African Christianity, the study encourages a shift away from focusing on the duration, location and materialistic outcomes of prayer and fasting towards an emphasis on both spiritual and character development. The book will be of particular interest to scholars of African religion, theology and biblical studies.
John Arierhi Ottuh is a TA and doctoral student in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, pursuing his second PhD in Ancient Judaism and African Religions. He earned a PhD in Religious Management, New Testament and Theological Studies from Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria. He has been a senior lecturer and chair in the Department of Christian Religious Studies at Obong University, Nigeria. His work offers new ways to understand the connections/correlations between society, different religious traditions in the global north and south, and biblical literature.
