The Blessing of Africa: The Bible and African Christianity

Description Keith A. Burton traces the story of biblical Africa and the place of the Bible in the land of Ham. He ends with an examination of the modern era and the achievements of African Christianity. This invigorating work places the story of the Bible and African Christianity in a wider global context and challenges readers to think differently about history and the biblical world. – Publisher Review Quotes: “Keith Augustus Burton in his new volume The Blessing of Africa: The Bible and African Christianity helps us to see that all roads do not lead to Rome. There is at least one highway that tends southward toward Ethiopia and even to the lands beyond its rivers. As Augustine said ‘God hath foretold that the Church should be in Africa.’ Dr. Burton’s familiarity with the sources and his broad historical view make it possible for him to paint a vivid picture of Yahweh’s word at work in the ‘land of Ham.’ In a day when historians religion teachers journalists and even filmmakers are rushing to grasp the significance of Africa’s sudden turn toward Christianity Burton makes solid sense of what is happening biblically theologically and historically. He deserves our thanks. You will agree as you read it.”–Charles E. Bradford president (retired) Seventh-day Adventist Churches in North America Review Quotes: “It is imperative to commend The Blessing of Africa which is based on extensive review of the literature by the author who provides the sources for his arguments and analysis. The author has also successfully demonstrated the point that Africa can by no means be ignored in the study of the history of the chosen people in the Bible and that Africans have not been mere recipients but also participants in the evolution of the history of Christianity.”–Michael Omolewa The Journal of African American History 294 pages