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Right from the beginning of humankind, God has never deprived a people of his grace and revelation. In fact, God uses people's environment and culture to communicate his will. There is no single religion that can claim to have the exclusive possession of God's revelation, for God is too immense to be confined within one faith. Hence, it was erroneous, blasphemous, and misleading for some of the early Christian missionaries to Africa to claim that they had brought God to Africa, a mentality that implied the non-existence of God in Africa before their arrival. Of course, God was already in Africa, but the missionaries either failed to discern his presence or just disregarded the traces of his existence. This book explores the religious beliefs, practices, and values of the indigenous people of Africa at the time of the early missionaries' arrival, with particular reference to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It also evaluates the extent of the missionarie's successes and challenges in converting Africans to Christianity. It finally surveys how African Christians have remained attached to the indigenous religious beliefs that used to provide answers to their existential questions.

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"""John Chitakure writes in a captivating, accessible, and intelligible style. This is a great book, and I urge all who pursue the knowledge of World religions, particularly African Traditional Religion to read it."" --Elijah Elijah Ngoweni Dube, Department of Religious Studies and Arabic, University of South Africa"

John Chitakure writes in a captivating, accessible, and intelligible style. This is a great book, and I urge all who pursue the knowledge of World religions, particularly African Traditional Religion to read it. --Elijah Elijah Ngoweni Dube, Department of Religious Studies and Arabic, University of South Africa

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JOHN CHITAKURE is adjunct Professor of World Religions and The Religious Quest at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of The Pursuit of the Sacred (2016) and Shona Women in Zimbabwe--A Purchased People (2016).

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