What We Learned About Africa

The Pew Forum issued an extensive report on the world’s “most religious” continent.

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Related Elsewhere:

The report, Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, is available from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Religion News Service also reported on the report.

Previous Christianity Today articles on Africa include:

Africa Unbound | God may be clearing the stage for the next act in his redemptive drama. (November 21, 2007)

Gospel Riches | Africa’s rapid embrace of prosperity Pentecostalism provokes concern—and hope. (July 6, 2007)

On the Edge of Famine | Politics hinders aid to 11 million East Africans. (June 1, 2006)

CT previously spotlighted American Idol, Haiti, Robert Park, persecution, Supreme Court and crosses, and international religious liberty advocates.

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Christianity Today June, 2010

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Cover Story

Life in Those Old Bones

Ed Stetzer

Review

News

A Protestant-Less Supreme Court: Does it Matter?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

News

Passages

A Combustible Faith

Roger E. Olson

Graceful Justice

Mark Moring

Excerpt

Blinded By Stuff

An excerpt by David Platt

Who Are Americans?

Chuck Colson with Catherine Larson

My Top 5 Books on Sabbath Rest

Keri Wyatt Kent

The Risks God Takes

Carolyn Arends

News

Information Overload

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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Faith-Based Fracas

Bobby Ross Jr.

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Go Figure

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Review

The Heart of Mission

Michael McGowan

New Every Morning

Ted Olsen

News

Homeward Bound?

Ken Walker

Readers Write

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States Pass Abortion Restrictions, Crystal Cathedral in the Red, and Other News

Compiled by CT Staff

From Informant to Informer

Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

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Passages

A Culture of Resurrection

Rob Moll

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Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Editorial

Don't Shoot the Messenger

A Christianity Today Editorial

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Adamant on Adam

Charles Honey

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Saudi Arabian Prison Frees Kenyan After ‘Blood Money’ Payout

Moses Wasamu

A Christian mother relied on the Muslim practice of “diyat” to bring her son home alive.

How a Missionary Family in Lebanon Produced an American Hero

Jayson Casper

Bill Eddy’s Arabic acumen served US interests and forged Middle East ties.

Eight Divine Names in One Glorious Passage

Andrew Wilson

Hebrew terms for God appear across the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah brings them all together.

The Bulletin

Venezuelan Boat Attack, Payday Loans, and USAID Fire Sale

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

The Bulletin discusses the attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, predatory lending, and the destruction of items from cancelled USAID projects.