The purpose of this portal section is twofold. In the first place, it functions as a portal to the principal websites that are important for the study of African Christianity and African theology. It directs the user to a wide range of websites both within and outside Africa that provide primary and secondary sources for the study of these fields. As such this website is aimed at both African and other students of African Christianity and theology.
We hope that this website will become an important portal for the study of theology and religious studies for students, teachers and researchers in sub-Saharan Africa itself. Therefore, in the second place we intend this website to be a portal to the many resources available online for the study of theology in African contexts. Of course, the theological disciplines relevant for Africa are not all equally shaped by the particularities of the context. For example, when studying biblical languages, users can equally profit from websites that do not pay particular attention to the African context. For the same reason, we have a general section of the portal that provides helpful tools for the use of the internet in research, teaching (online and offline), and personal study.
From the titles of the sub-sections in this portal, it will generally be clear whether they cover materials that are specifically related to the African context. These sections intend to serve a worldwide community of students of African Christianity and Theology. Other section titles make it clear that they introduce users to more general websites for the study of theology and its various disciplines.
The development of this portal is a collaborative effort. If you are aware of other websites that might be worth mentioning in the portal please inform us using the online form that can be found here. It would be helpful if you include a short description of the content and relevance of the website with your suggestion. Please note that this feature is only available to members of the website; if you would like to become a member you can do so here.
NetACT is an important resource network for theological institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Founded in 2008, AMADPOC consider itself as “a pioneer institution conducting and streamlining policy-oriented research, training and capacity building and facilitating policy dialogue events on various topical issues on migration and their interrelationship with development in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.”
The Institute for African Studies with regional research focus on Africa was established in 1975 at the founding of the University of Bayreuth. Now simply referred to as “African Studies”, IAS "comprises the entirety of the Africa-related research and training activities carried out by Bayreuth scholars from forty different subject areas including cultural studies, linguistics, economics, law, geosciences, biosciences, and engineering. All Africa-related activities at the University of Bayreuth are coordinated by the Institute of African Studies."
According to AMMODI, “Migration, mobility and displacement have been, and continue to be, key dynamics and practices shaping African social, political and economic as well as physical landscapes. African migration, mobility and displacement intersect with fundamental societal issues on national, regional and global scales, from securitization processes to generational conflicts, from the politics of belonging to urban and rural infrastructures, and from labour market configurations to the technology of refugee camps...
The Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) builds on the resources and the research potential available within Africanist institutions based in the European Union. Describing its aim, AEGIS notes that "As the dynamics of contemporary change in Africa and the continent's response to globalization are intimately linked, understanding the continent's evolution is the major academic and policy challenge AEGIS seeks to address."
Public Theology lecture series launched in a collaboration between the Lutheran World Federation, the Berlin Center for Public Theology and the Beyers Naudé Center for Public Theology. Its self-description envisions that “these open-access international public theology resources are aimed at equipping the global church in the work of transformative engagement for the common good.”
"WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online."
Zotero is a free reference managment tool that helps researchers to gather, store and share research effectively.
ResearchGate is an online platform that connects the world of science and makes research open to all.
Academia is a leading academic social networking platform for sharing research.
Google Scholar is the largest free bibliographical search tool for scholarly books, articles and papers. It is designed for academic researchers and students.
African Christian Theology: a private group for sharing news and material, providing a great network on African Theology Christian Theology and African theologies as a whole. In Spring 2021, at barely a year old, it already had over 2k members.
Missiology.com is a digital space dedicated to fostering the study of Christian mission.
The Globethics.net Library currently holds more than 4,0 million documents on theology and ecumenism, including special collections on ecumenical, intercultural and contextual theologies, theological education, world Christianity, and interreligious studies.
The Nagel Institute is an educational research institute with a history of strategic engagment with African scholars.
"ABWE missionaries and our local partners are bringing light to both urban and rural people groups all throughout what some call the “dark continent."
As an international ministry, Africa Mission & Beyond operates to fulfill the scriptural commission of Christ. Our burden and mission is to share the good news of the gospel and to show the love of God through humanitarian deeds of charity.
CMS-Africa exists to envision, equip and mobilise leaders in and of the church towards holistic mission.
Africa Missions Resource Center (AMRC) is a web-based storehouse of information and outfitting for Christian Missions to Africa.
The Society of African Missions is an international community of Catholic missionaries who serve the people of Africa and people of African descent around the world.
The JHIA's Africa Thesis Bank accepts old and new masters and doctoral dissertations from anywhere in the world in so far as they touch on the histories, cultures and religions of Africa and its adjacent islands.
TCM is a teaching and publishing site that exists to glorify God by helping society flourish through the Christian worldview.
“AfricaBib is a collection of Africana social science titles, presented in one easily accessible location on the internet. It is the culmination of over forty years of Africana research.”
PneumAfrica Journal exists to advance the cause of Christ in Africa through theological reflection on Pentecostal thought and practice.
The East Africa Journal of Theology became the Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology in 1990. It is a scholarly evangelical theological journal offering articles and book reviews relating to theology and ministry in Africa.
“Founded in 2009, the International Journal of African Catholicism (IJAC) is an ecumenical, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal that promotes discussion within the African Catholic community and dialogue between African and international scholars.”
The special character of Exploring Religion in Africa (ERA) is the purpose to offer an international forum for topics related to religion in Africa even beyond the discipline of Biblical Studies.
The International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF) is the journal of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF).
Impact: Journal of Transformation is a multidisciplinary international, peer reviewed journal published in English by the Institute for the Study of African Realities (ISAR), Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya.
DOBAH has a worldwide interest, but the resources they have developed and shared on this website are relevant for those intending to collect, store and share local oral history and archival material.
The Archives Africa online catalogue is part of a new project: ‘Finding Africa: exploring the potential of a continent's archives', supported and developed by a team from King's College London and the National Archives of Madagascar. It has supported new research, learning and understanding of diverse records such as diaries, administrative papers, film and photography spanning more than 500 years of history.
ABC is an African owned, worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for books from Africa - scholarly, literature and children's books.
This bibliography on Christianity in Ethiopia covers material published from the early 1960s onwards. It focuses on the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, including the Eritrean Orthodox Church, which became autonomous in 1993, but references on modern missionary and evangelical Christianity, as well as Catholicism are also included.
SIMBA collects academic materials, links and information about recent developments in Old Testament scholarship. Periodically, it announces doctoral scholarships for Old Testament to be taken up in Norway.
Popularly known for developing "Contextual Bible Study" (CBS), the Ujamaa Centre not only provides undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate training programs, it also facilitates networking between theological education and localized contexts of Africa.
"Scriptura is an independent journal which publishes contributions in the fields of Bible, Religion and Theology refereed by peers. It is international in scope but special attention is given to topics and issues emerging from or relevant to Southern Africa."
Neotestamentica is the journal of the NTSSA, published annually since 1966. Dedicated to all aspects of New Testament studies, it offers a good opportunity for publication and research impetus for Africa's NT scholars.
The OTSSA (est. 1957) endeavours to promote the study of the Old Testament in South Africa.
NABIS offers African biblical scholars important opportunities to interact with their peers and to have their research published in the society's series and journal.
God's Word for Africa is the app developed for the Africa Study Bible. Apart from providing the New Living Translation of the Bible, it includes articles, devotionals and other resources written by African scholars that aid application of the biblical text to African realities.
The BiAS series is a useful way for upcoming African biblical scholars to get their work published for a wider audience. Volumes are freely downloadable from the University of Bamburg website.
An updated version of a listing which was first published in 1993. The present version, published 2000, is a landmark bibliography on works of biblical interpretation produced by Africans, for Africa, or about African interpretation.
The Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology is an open-access journal. It publishes academic articles, conference papers, thesis chapters and book reviews in several fields of Biblical Studies and Mother Tongue Theology.
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