Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction 2. Jesus Through the Gospels in African Context: Ancestor, Deity, and the One through Whom the African Christian Prays 3. Conceptualisation of Fasting and Prayer in African Christianity: African Instituted Churches' (Aladura) Experience in Nigeria 4. Classification of Jesus's Prayers in the Gospels and Implication for African Christianity 5. Jesus's Identity (Matthew 16:16 and John 3:16) and African Christianity: Validating the Use of Jesus's Name in Prayers 6. Fasting in Jesus's Experience (Matthew 4:1-11): An Interpretation from African Christian and Pastoral Perspectives 7. Exorcism in Jesus's Ministry (Mark 9:14-29) in the Context of Fasting and Prayer in African Christian Experience 8.

Prayer Locations of Jesus in the Gospels and the Concept of Mountain as Sacred Space in African Christianity 9. The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-15): Theological Implication for Imprecation in African Christian Spirituality 10. Faith as Prayer Metaphor in Luke 18:1-8 and Its Implication for African Christianity 11. Conclusion and Suggestion for further Studies Bibliography Index.