Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Quotation -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- The Paradigm Shift -- Christian Theology and the African Continent -- The African Traditions -- Conclusion -- 2. Kindergarten Issues -- Introduction -- The Problem of Theology -- The Understanding of Christian Theology -- The Limitations of Theology -- Conclusion -- 3. General and Special Revelation -- Introduction -- The Nature of General and Special Revelation -- The Limitations of General and Special Revelation -- Divine Revelation and Human Religious Experience -- The Consistency of the "Judeo-Christian God"in Revelation -- Traditional African Religious Agents of "Revelation" -- Divine Revelation and Eschatology -- Conclusion -- 4. The Scriptures -- Introduction -- Africans and the Use of the Bible -- The Nature of the Divine Word -- The Canonicity of the Scriptures -- The Characteristics of the Divine Word -- Conclusion -- 5. The Existence of God -- Introduction -- Classical Discourse on the Existence of God -- God in Intellectual and Popular Theological Discourse -- Discourse on Divine Ontology -- Divine Attributes and the African Context of Suffering -- Conclusion -- 6. Angels, Spirits, and Demons -- Introduction -- Angels and Spirits in the African Worldview -- Biblical Teachings on Angels and Demons -- Conclusion -- 7. The Nature of the Human Person -- Introduction -- Western Autonomous Sense of Personhood -- Personhood in Traditional Christian Systematic Texts -- The African Understanding of Personhood -- Biblical Teaching on the Human Personhood -- Conclusion -- 8. The Person of Christ -- Introduction -- The Historical Jesus -- African Christological Quest -- Biblical Teaching on the Person of Christ -- The Deity of Jesus Christ -- Conclusion -- 9. Salvation -- Introduction.

The African Understanding of Salvation -- The Biblical Understanding of Salvation -- Important Aspects in Biblical Conception of Salvation -- Conclusion -- 10. The Holy Spirit -- Introduction -- The 'Benevolent' Spirits in Traditional African society -- The Holy Spirit in Biblical Revelation -- The Spiritual Gifts -- Conclusion -- 11. The Church -- Introduction -- Biblical Teachings on the Church -- Conclusion -- 12. The Future Hope -- Introduction -- Traditional African Eschatologcal Expectations -- The Second Coming -- The Millennium Reign -- The Resurrection -- The Final Judgment -- Conclusion -- 13. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.