Towards an African Theology: The Igbo Context in Nigeria (Dieux, Hommes et Religions / Gods, Humans and Religions)

✍ Scribed by Peter Chidi Okuma

• Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 140
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Towards an African Theology. The Igbo Context in Nigeria is a study about the challenge facing contemporary African theology today. It aims at transposing the theoretical doctrines of faith into practical guidelines. The author outlines the history, culture and life setting of the Igbo in Nigeria and develops a theological hermeneutics that would give an answer to African Christians’ present faith and situation. He discusses Igbo theology in praxis and as a discipline and considers what contribution Igbo theology could make to the church, humanity and world order.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Presentation (by Johan Verstraeten, Faculty of Theology, K. U. Leuven, Belgium) 11
Foreword (by Ken Ashton, Media Consultant, North Wales) 13
Introduction 15
CHAPTER ONE. Can the Gospel Speak to Concrete Human Situations? 23
I. Gaudium et Spes: Church-World Dialogue 24
II. The Medellín Conference of Latin American Bishops, 1968 34
III. Historical Precedence to the ‘African Contextual Theology’ 37
CHAPTER TWO. Theology: Unity in Diversity 63
CHAPTER THREE. Understanding the Igbo 69
CHAPTER FOUR. Developing the Hermeneutics of Igbo Theology 81
CHAPTER FIVE. Faith goes Further – The Church and the World vis-à-vis Igbo Church and Society: Witnessing in Concrete 99
I. Igbo Theology at Home in Igbo Society and Nigeria 103
II. Igbo Theology: the Task before the Hierarchy, Theologians and Laity 111
CHAPTER SIX. The Prospect of Igbo Theology 115
I. The Praxis of Igbo Theology 115
II. What can Igbo Theology offer the Church, Humanity and World Order? 119
CONCLUSION. Reinstating the Theological Conversation? 123
Bibliography 125
Index 133