Africa is rapidly becoming the most Christianized region of the world. While common narratives about Christianity tend to present Christianity as a set of ideas and beliefs imposed on Africa from the outside, such narratives hold little meaning for African Christians or for those seeking to understand Christianity in Africa as an indigenous faith.
Falola's talk will draw from the scholarship featured in the new book, co-edited by him and ASU professor of history, Andrew Eugene Barnes, "The Palgrave Handbook of Christianity in Africa from Apostolic Times to the Present," which is a collection of chapters that grant voice to the various strands of African Christianity on their own terms, and offers scholarly study of what these voices teach us about how the world's most adhered to religion is practiced and understood on the continent of Africa.
About the speaker
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and the University Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas-Austin. He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters and the Historical Society of Nigeria.
Falola is the author and editor of numerous books and publications on African history and religions, including:
"Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies," "African Spirituality, Politics and Knowledge Systems: Sacred Words and Holy Realms" and "Christianity and Social Change in Africa: Essays in Honor of J.D.Y. Peel," and more.
Additionally, Falola is co-author of "Religious Beliefs and Knowledge Systems in Africa," "A History of Africa"; co-editor of "The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion," "African Economic History," and series editor for "Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora," "Carolina Studies on Africa and the Black World" and the "Palgrave Handbooks in African History."
A beloved teacher and prolific scholar, Dr. Falola is the recipient of 20 honorary degrees, lifetime career awards and honors from around the world.
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Meeting ID: 836 7523 0812
Presented in partnership by:
ASU Arizona State University
School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
ASU Arizona State University
The Humanities Institute
