As with most other styles of music, reggae has seen an influx of Christian performers. Christian reggae thus refers both to reggae performers who happen to be Christian and those performers who perform reggae with an explicitly Christian lyrical focus.

Reggae, having traditionally embraced the black-consciousness tradition of Rastafarianism, has had a historical antipathy to traditional Christianity, which is seen as a tool of white domination. Thus, Christian reggae performers such as Christafari have often been threatened by more militant Rastafarian performers.

Mark "Tansoback" Mohr of Christafari has dedicated considerable time on his website to a discussion of the similarities between traditional reggae terms (particularly "Jah") and those of Christianity.