The Institution Of The Seminary And The Training Of Catholic Priests In South Eastern Nigeria 1885 1970

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Today, we can no longer hide under the pretence that the grace of God alone suffices to make one a good priest. A close study of the history of priestly formation has shown that not just the training of priests can ensure an authentic priest-product, rather a continuous effort to adapt the training to the current world situation so that priests would be in the position to discharge their duties effectively. Such readiness to adaptability should, of course, not lose sight of the meaning and function of the priest as revealed in the person of Jesus: a service to the world. In the bid to assess the models for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria, the author using a historical-critical method traced the history of the models and events that shaped the current modules for the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria. At the end of the historical research, he proffered some suggestions for improvement, amendment and solidification of the training of priests in the area. As one of the younger African churches, the examination of the training of priests in South-eastern Nigeria will also serve as a paradigm or typology for understanding the dynamics and the process of training of priests in other African countries, since most of these local churches share relatively similar historical, cultural, economic and socio-political circumstances.

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Genre : History
Author : Angelo Chidi Unegbu
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2019-05
File : 400 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643910431


The Relationship Hermeneutics In The Context Of Pastoral And Catechesis Locus For Dialogue With Culture In The Missio Ecclesiae

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The authority-oriented pastoral/catechetical planning method, which characterizes the African mission transmission, has been problematic as it subtly neglects in its pedagogy the culture and daily life of the subject. Hence, the people operate a Christian/cultural double standard. This book proffers an alternative as the author makes the concept of the relationship hermeneutics model to a creative writing that aims towards an empirical application in the theology of inculturation, which is a subject-oriented and dialogical method that draws its strength from the incarnation prototype.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Kingsley Anagolu
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2019
File : 382 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643910882


Overcoming The Osu Caste System Among The Afro Igbo

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It is the conviction of Sacramentum Caritatis as well as the fathers of the Second Vatican Council that active participation at Eucharistic celebration cannot be easily disassociated from active involvement in the Church's mission in the world. This present study in the light of the foregoing presuppositions, exposes some of such challenges confronting the Afro-Igbo Christian, with special focus on the menace of the osu caste system, and proposes ways towards its eradication. One of such ways remains strengthening the Eucharistic celebration through the process of the inculturation.

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Genre : Religion
Author : John Ugochukwu Opara
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2020-03-10
File : 302 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643911124


Youth Development In Nigeria

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Youth development is as a core aspect of human and national progress in Nigeria. The study suggests the development of young people as the means of poverty reduction. It indicates that amidst cultural, ethnic, and religious diversities, and in the light of threats to human life and property, the development of the youth is the way to promoting peace and unity, justice, and security. The book argues on a two-fold contribution: While the Nigerian Church is to intensify efforts in the active participation of lay Christians in politics, the State is to tackle critical areas to ensure a decent standard of living for all.

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Author : Emmanuel Njoku
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2021-01-25
File : 528 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643913418


The Corruption Of Theological Institutions By Plagiarism In Dissertations

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This study examines theological dissertations by international students accepted by major Austrian universities and shows that academic incompetence, plagiarism, and negligent supervision are seriously damaging theological institutions – in Europe and abroad. Some Catholic priests from developing countries receive theological doctorates in Austria by submitting substandard dissertations. Overwhelmed by culture shock and lacking proper academic guidance, these students resort to copying and manipulating data. Many go on to become church leaders at home. This study addresses the damage done by deficient dissertations.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Alkuin Schachenmayr
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2022-12-12
File : 329 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004529212


Socio Cultural And Religious Conflicts And The Future Of Nigeria

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With the prevailing violent conflict situation of our world, perpetuated sometimes even in the name of religion, humanity today faces extinction. To reverse this ugly trend, humanity has no choice than to build a society where every tribe and tongue can coexist in peace. This work analyzed the violent conflicts from anthropological, behavioral, politico-philosophical, and theological perspectives, and makes a demand on humanity to save herself through proper education and dialogue with all men and religions. Lotanna Olisaemeka is a researcher in Missiology affiliated with the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Vallendar, Germany.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Lotanna Olisaemeka
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Release : 2022-12-10
File : 538 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643957566


Mmanwu And Mission Among The Igbo People Of Nigeria

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The joy over the growth of Christianity in Africa is also a challenge to all concerned to help Christianity take roots, ennoble and become one with the cultural life of the numerous tribes of Africa. This missionary expectation is not yet fully realized in many local churches in Africa. From these perspectives, Adolphus Chikezie Anuka inaugurates a new brand of concrete, target-oriented emphasis on dialogical inculturation. In this book, the Mmanwu cultural institution of the Igbo people of south eastern Nigeria stands in central focus, opening itself to the influences of Christian values as well as speaking to the religious assumptions of Christianity. The theoretical results of this research work and its practical pastoral suggestions are both enlightening and appealing.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Adolphus Chikezie Anuka
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2018
File : 346 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643910639


Access To Justice Beyond The State Courts

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Costliness, excessive delay, bias against the weak, corruption, underfunding, insufficiency of legal skills and shortage of training programmes (for the judicial staff in its diversity), complexity of legal rules and procedures, including the language of both the law and the Court, dependency vis-à-vis the political authorities; these are flaws documented as hindering equal and effective access to Burundi’s formal state court justice system. This book argues that engaging with out-of-court justice in Burundi’s legal pluralism model may positively impact on people’s access to justice, particularly for the poor and the underprivileged.

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Author : Aimé-Parfait Niyonkuru
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release : 2021-12-28
File : 189 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643913777


Digital Spiritualities

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"Digital Spiritualities answers many of the questions of the Christian faithful and scholars of religion about the sustainability of Christian fellowship in an era of COVID-19. Its deft analysis of the creativity of Christians on issues of online lived Pentecostalism, viz, online evangelization, online liturgy and online network formation make this book an invaluable text for scholars of African Pentecostalism. The book is a critical contribution to, and in the vanguard of, an emerging scholarship on online Christian fellowship among the African diaspora." Olufunke Adeboye PhD, Professor of Social History & Dean of Arts, University of Lagos Peter Ayoola Oderinde graduated with a PhD degree in African Studies from the University of Basel. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Religious and Inter-Cultural Studies, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Peter Ayoola Oderinde
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Release : 2022-11-21
File : 316 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643962201


The Spirit With Us

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In this volume, the author shows how the Akan concepts of sunsum and honhom offer a degree of Christian pneumatological similarity, providing the avenue for translating and contextualizing the doctrine of the Holy Spirit within the context of the Akan people of West Africa.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Release : 2023-11-09
File : 214 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783643853356