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Did Africans Know God Before the Missionaries? John Mbiti and the African Knowledge of God.

John Mbiti demonstrated that Africans knew of a supreme Creator long before missionaries arrived. But does recognising that God exists mean truly knowing who he is? This article appreciates Mbiti’s correction of colonial caricatures while arguing that God is fully and savingly revealed only through Jesus Christ.

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