Consecration in Igbo Traditional Religion
Author | : Anthony Nwoye Okechukwu Ekwunife |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Benediction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anthony Nwoye Okechukwu Ekwunife |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Benediction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Nnaemeka Oranekwu |
Publisher | : Iko |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In the face of the difficult task of inculturating the Christian faith in Igboland, christianizing the Igbo and igbonizing Christianity, this book offers an interesting and inspiring study of Igbo traditional initiation forms in comparison with the Christian sacraments of initiation. Because of its characteristic features and the significant role in Igbo tradition and culture, it proposes traditional Igbo initiation forms as inculturation basis for pastoral catechesis of Christian initiation.
Author | : Mary Joseph Ann Anochie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Akuma-Kalu Njoku |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2014-10-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 144387034X |
Interface between Igbo Theology and Christianity is a timely book that provides new scholarly thinking concerning the convergence of Christianity and Igbo Traditional Religion taking place in the Igbo culture area. This book, a fruit of multidisciplinary conversation among Igbo scholars and Igbophiles, offers concepts, themes, issues, and case studies with deep ethnographic details, some of which do not exist anywhere else in print. It is a major statement of how modern Igbo scholars, social scientists, philosophers, theologians, liturgists, and active pastors and parish priests, understand the intersection of Igbo Traditional Religion and Christianity in postcolonial Nigeria. The editors and authors of the chapters of this book draw from their wealth of experience to offer to students, scholars, researchers, community-based organizations and NGOs, and practitioners in interfaith dialogue a “must have” manual to engage in and develop mutual respect and trust among Christian denominations and between them and Igbo Traditional Religion. This book will serve as a blueprint for a deep dialogue among the Igbo in both city and rural settings, in the context of clan and community life context and in the Christian parish setting. The book will certainly appeal to numerous communities in Africa wishing to share similar local experiences and collective memories, but which do not have the channels to talk about themselves in scholarly writing.
Author | : Joseph S. Okwor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Igbo (African people) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher I. Ejizu |
Publisher | : Fourth Dimension Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
A study of Igbo ritual symbolism is of primary significance to the systematic reconstruction of Igbo traditional religious experience and life. As the clearest visible expression of the corpus of Igbo beliefs, sacred symbols provide reliable information about indigenous religious thought and socio-cultural life. This is especially the case with the dominant symbol of Ofo, since it occupies a unique place in the Igbo ritual network. The book makes a systematic and detailed analysis of Ofo ritual symbol, including its provenance, structural variations and functional range in the different sub-cultural zones of Igboland, and its dense meaning- content. The study is presented from a historical perspective.
Author | : Henry CHUKWUDI OKEKE |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2020-02-18 |
Genre | : Igbo (African people) |
ISBN | : 3643911092 |
If there is no religion in the world, the world would more or less become a jungle. The world will be inhuman. Religion touches all aspects of human life. Identifying God's will in our world today has become a major problem for many religions of the world. In the past, in Igbo Traditional Religion, human sacrifice as well as the killing of twins were practised. For the Igbo traditionalists then, that was the will of the deities and equally not against God's will. But following the encounter of Igbo Traditional Religion with Christianity these are no longer practised. Misinterpretation of God's will by some religions of the world has given rise to religious violence, religious extremism, fanaticism and terrorism we are experiencing today in the world. For these problems to be resolved, it is pertinent that the study of various religions be taken seriously. This study should be aiming at better understanding, co-existence, respect for one another and frequent inter-religious dialogues among the various religions of the world. When this is achieved, the believers of various religions would realize that many are worshipping one God and their desire is to communicate with Him, although they may approach Him differently.
Author | : Udobata Onunwa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Igbo (African People) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Francis A. Arinze |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Igbo (African people) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chika J. B. G. Okpalike |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2008-12-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 059563270X |
Literary works in African Traditional Religion (ATR) and African Philosophy had been dominated by western methods and criterion. Thus has been produced for a long time polemics and apologetics motivated by the desire to save Africa from the strangulation that threatens it in a world that has so encompassed it. CHAJA in Igbo Traditional Religion: A comparative study with SACRIFICE in Judaism, Hinduism and Christianity is a sincere, direct and pointed African perspective; presenting the nature of sacrifice in the religion without prejudice. It challenges earlier works on this subject matter especially Sacrifice in Ibo Religion (1970) by Francis Arinze. The book builds the nature of sacrifice in Igbo Traditional Religion (ITR) on the theory of Do ut Des and postulates immolation as the distinctive character of sacrifice in the religion. The innovation in the areas of the object of the religion as Mm and the divisions of Ichaja as Ajanchnye and Ajanchp paves a way for a veritable monotheism opposed the polytheism that has always been proposed by writers. This object of ITR is Mm - a multi-partite being. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...the present book on Sacrifice in Igbo Taditional Religion (ITR), aptly titled "chaja" by the witer finds its rightful place. With what looks like a heart-warming academic throb, the author of this book revisited the usual claims of previous scholars on Sacrifice in ITR. Dissatisfied with the nomenclature 'Aja' in transliterating the English Sacrifice for what he regarded as the heart of ITR, he swiftly moved towards a reconstruction with the Igbo word 'chaja' as a strong hinge. As he succinctly quipped in the introductory section (2008: ): The aim of this work is to re-assess the etymological formulation of Ichuaja by evaluating its status among all other ritual elements and exploring what constitutes it as a practical action in ITR.... To achieve the above gigantic task, the author made use of what is often regarded as polymorphic method or interdisciplinary method with anthropo-religious, comparative, historico-philological and theological approaches in forefront. Finally, with further analysis of the various nuances of 'chaja', he landed on curious conclusions which readers will find fascinating and provocative. Thus he conclusively snipped with academic assurance (2008: ): ...we believe that the whole idea of sacrifice in ITR has been radicalized and made more profound and meaningful. Before this work, Ichuaja has been viewed from a negative perspective; the work has opened further vistas to the understanding of what the votaries of ITR do in a more positive light.... Even if readers of the contents of this work disagree on some issues raised by its author, they cannot but appreciate the courage and innovative trends of the writer. Like a good architect, he pulls down the old edifice of this practical element of ITR only to build with alacrity what looked like a lost ground. Therein is the genius of this work. While passing kudos on the efforts of the author, I warmly recommend the work to all especially genuine readers of ATR/ITR. Rev. Fr. Prof. A. Ekwunife Department of Religion, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. March 17, 2008.