Author: Joachim Ifezuo Oforchukwu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954215078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Do the Igbo people have true leaders? Can the practice of "Ozo title taking" be inculturated into Christianity? In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu provides us with some probing questions to reflect upon with regards to Ozo title taking in the Igbo Catholic communities. Dr. Joachim debunked the popular view that has referred to the Igbo nation as, "a kingless race" - Igbo Enwe Eze. In this book, the author explores the Theological analysis of Ozo title taking and its implications for current leadership issues in Igbo Catholic Church. The purpose of this research study is threefold.First, the author sets out to investigate if the Igbo people really do have true kings and leaders (Igbo Nwere Eze).Second, Dr. Oforchukwu demonstrates that Ozo titled holders have held legislative, executive, and judicial powers within the Igbo community and, thus, can step forward and truly act as leaders of the Igbo people.Finally, this author demonstrates that Ozo title taking can be "Inculturated" into the Catholic Church. Among the Igbo people, an "Nze" is the equivalent of a Catholic Knight. A titled holder is widely known for having an impeccable character: Title holders are regarded for their honesty, truth, and the love and care they demonstrate for the least advantaged in the society.Dr. Oforchukwu proposes some pragmatic guidelines that would serve as benchmark in Ozo title taking all across the Igbo Catholic Community. Joachim invites those who read this insightful book, to join hands to work towards inculturating this long held Ozo institution into Christianity, especially, in the Diocese of Orlu, where the Church leadership used the 2000 Diocesan Synod to, not only ban and ostracize, but to excommunicate the Ozo titled holders.
Inculturating the Ozo Title
Author: Joachim Ifezuo Oforchukwu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954215078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Do the Igbo people have true leaders? Can the practice of "Ozo title taking" be inculturated into Christianity? In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu provides us with some probing questions to reflect upon with regards to Ozo title taking in the Igbo Catholic communities. Dr. Joachim debunked the popular view that has referred to the Igbo nation as, "a kingless race" - Igbo Enwe Eze. In this book, the author explores the Theological analysis of Ozo title taking and its implications for current leadership issues in Igbo Catholic Church. The purpose of this research study is threefold.First, the author sets out to investigate if the Igbo people really do have true kings and leaders (Igbo Nwere Eze).Second, Dr. Oforchukwu demonstrates that Ozo titled holders have held legislative, executive, and judicial powers within the Igbo community and, thus, can step forward and truly act as leaders of the Igbo people.Finally, this author demonstrates that Ozo title taking can be "Inculturated" into the Catholic Church. Among the Igbo people, an "Nze" is the equivalent of a Catholic Knight. A titled holder is widely known for having an impeccable character: Title holders are regarded for their honesty, truth, and the love and care they demonstrate for the least advantaged in the society.Dr. Oforchukwu proposes some pragmatic guidelines that would serve as benchmark in Ozo title taking all across the Igbo Catholic Community. Joachim invites those who read this insightful book, to join hands to work towards inculturating this long held Ozo institution into Christianity, especially, in the Diocese of Orlu, where the Church leadership used the 2000 Diocesan Synod to, not only ban and ostracize, but to excommunicate the Ozo titled holders.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954215078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Do the Igbo people have true leaders? Can the practice of "Ozo title taking" be inculturated into Christianity? In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu provides us with some probing questions to reflect upon with regards to Ozo title taking in the Igbo Catholic communities. Dr. Joachim debunked the popular view that has referred to the Igbo nation as, "a kingless race" - Igbo Enwe Eze. In this book, the author explores the Theological analysis of Ozo title taking and its implications for current leadership issues in Igbo Catholic Church. The purpose of this research study is threefold.First, the author sets out to investigate if the Igbo people really do have true kings and leaders (Igbo Nwere Eze).Second, Dr. Oforchukwu demonstrates that Ozo titled holders have held legislative, executive, and judicial powers within the Igbo community and, thus, can step forward and truly act as leaders of the Igbo people.Finally, this author demonstrates that Ozo title taking can be "Inculturated" into the Catholic Church. Among the Igbo people, an "Nze" is the equivalent of a Catholic Knight. A titled holder is widely known for having an impeccable character: Title holders are regarded for their honesty, truth, and the love and care they demonstrate for the least advantaged in the society.Dr. Oforchukwu proposes some pragmatic guidelines that would serve as benchmark in Ozo title taking all across the Igbo Catholic Community. Joachim invites those who read this insightful book, to join hands to work towards inculturating this long held Ozo institution into Christianity, especially, in the Diocese of Orlu, where the Church leadership used the 2000 Diocesan Synod to, not only ban and ostracize, but to excommunicate the Ozo titled holders.
Incuturating the Ozo Title Taking Into Christianity
Author: Ifezuo Joachim Oforchukwu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937064099
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Do the Igbo people have true leaders? Can the practice of "Ozo title taking" be inculturated into Christianity? In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu provides us with some probing questions to reflect upon with regards to Ozo title taking in the Igbo Catholic communities. Dr. Joachim debunked the popular view that has referred to the Igbo nation as, "a kingless race" - Igbo Enwe Eze. In this book, the author explores the Theological analysis of Ozo title taking and its implications for current leadership issues in Igbo Catholic Church.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937064099
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Do the Igbo people have true leaders? Can the practice of "Ozo title taking" be inculturated into Christianity? In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu provides us with some probing questions to reflect upon with regards to Ozo title taking in the Igbo Catholic communities. Dr. Joachim debunked the popular view that has referred to the Igbo nation as, "a kingless race" - Igbo Enwe Eze. In this book, the author explores the Theological analysis of Ozo title taking and its implications for current leadership issues in Igbo Catholic Church.
Inculturation in the Service of Evangelization
Author: Oliver Alozie Onwubiko
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Inculturation
Author: Eugene Ugonna Igboaja
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Significant Role of Initiation in the Traditional Igbo Culture and Religion
Author: George Nnaemeka Oranekwu
Publisher: Iko
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Iko
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
Igbo Culture and Gospel
Author: Michael Ukpong
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643905297
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Pope John Paul II speaks in "Ecclesia in Africa" (1995) of the necessity for the church to inculturate itself into the cultures of the African peoples. This book shows what makes inculturation in Africa a necessity. Against the background of a socio-empircal study it becomes understandable, why in the history of mission, from a European-religious perspective much remains misunderstood and causes distress until today. The author focuses on the 'way of Inculturation" showing how a "rooting of the Gospel in Africa" could be possible and sustainable. (Series: Biblical Perspectives for Annunciation and Teaching / Biblische Perspektiven fur Verkundigung and Unterricht, Vol. 7) [Subject: Theology, African Studies]
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643905297
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Pope John Paul II speaks in "Ecclesia in Africa" (1995) of the necessity for the church to inculturate itself into the cultures of the African peoples. This book shows what makes inculturation in Africa a necessity. Against the background of a socio-empircal study it becomes understandable, why in the history of mission, from a European-religious perspective much remains misunderstood and causes distress until today. The author focuses on the 'way of Inculturation" showing how a "rooting of the Gospel in Africa" could be possible and sustainable. (Series: Biblical Perspectives for Annunciation and Teaching / Biblische Perspektiven fur Verkundigung and Unterricht, Vol. 7) [Subject: Theology, African Studies]
Peoples, Beliefs, Cultures, and Justice in Afro-Catholicism: Ikpu-Ala and Igbo Church
Author: Okey Jude Uche
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546209212
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
This book explores in depth Ikpu-ala as a social justice value in the Igbo social justice system. The traditional social justice concept of ikpu-ala provides an important conceptual framework through which adult Igbo Christians can engage in a critical and conscious theological reflections upon how they can make the Igbo Christian community fully authentic and faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a process that will highlight the total transformation of the Igbo society, which began with the arrival of the missionaries in 1885. This reflection is based on the Igbo experience and understanding of Omenala, the Igbo moral code, in which the world of the material and the spiritual, while occupying distinct domains, nonetheless remain deeply intertwined. In this book, the author explores that for the Igbo community, the reality of theology has evolved as a distinct from of experience that is deeply connected with tradition for the sake of praxis (Don Browning, 1995). Consequently, the author not only sees Ikpu-ala as authentic Igbo social justice value but also considers it as something that can be integrated into the Christian social values without either destroying Igbos longstanding cultures or traditions. The author highlights two key lessons from the Igbo integration of ikpu-ala into Christian social justice: (1) that the Igbo Catholic Church should engage the Igbo culture and traditions in a theological interactive reflections for the incarnation of the Word among the Igbo Catholics, and (2) that Ikpu-ala, with its theological values, can assist the Igbo Catholic Church in the sacrament of reconciliation and so transform the twenty- first century Igbo Catholic into an integrated and authentic Christian.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546209212
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
This book explores in depth Ikpu-ala as a social justice value in the Igbo social justice system. The traditional social justice concept of ikpu-ala provides an important conceptual framework through which adult Igbo Christians can engage in a critical and conscious theological reflections upon how they can make the Igbo Christian community fully authentic and faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a process that will highlight the total transformation of the Igbo society, which began with the arrival of the missionaries in 1885. This reflection is based on the Igbo experience and understanding of Omenala, the Igbo moral code, in which the world of the material and the spiritual, while occupying distinct domains, nonetheless remain deeply intertwined. In this book, the author explores that for the Igbo community, the reality of theology has evolved as a distinct from of experience that is deeply connected with tradition for the sake of praxis (Don Browning, 1995). Consequently, the author not only sees Ikpu-ala as authentic Igbo social justice value but also considers it as something that can be integrated into the Christian social values without either destroying Igbos longstanding cultures or traditions. The author highlights two key lessons from the Igbo integration of ikpu-ala into Christian social justice: (1) that the Igbo Catholic Church should engage the Igbo culture and traditions in a theological interactive reflections for the incarnation of the Word among the Igbo Catholics, and (2) that Ikpu-ala, with its theological values, can assist the Igbo Catholic Church in the sacrament of reconciliation and so transform the twenty- first century Igbo Catholic into an integrated and authentic Christian.
Journal of Inculturation Theology
Inculturation
Towards an Indigenous African Church
Author: Obiora F. Ike
Publisher: Edpas Secretar & Peace
ISBN:
Category : African Synod
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher: Edpas Secretar & Peace
ISBN:
Category : African Synod
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description