Some African scholars position other religions as preparatory but subordinate to Christianity.

Evidence

It is highly doubtful that, even at their very best, these other religious systems and ideologies current in Africa are saying anything new to, and different from, what is already embedded in Christianity … I consider traditional religions, Islam and the other religious systems to be preparatory and even essential ground in the search for the Ultimate. But only Christianity has the terrible responsibility of pointing the way to the ultimate Identity, Foundation and Source of being. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 753

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader inclusivist vs. pluralist theology-of-religions debate (Rahner’s anonymous Christianity), situating Tempels’ Jamaican heirs within that spectrum.