Identity crises and indigenous religious traditions : exploring Nigerian-African Christian societies /

Identity crises and indigenous religious traditions : exploring Nigerian-African Christian societies /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Obinna, Elijah, author.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Religion in modern Africa
Subject:	Christianity -- Nigeria. Presbyterian Church -- Nigeria. Igbo (African people) -- Religion. Christianity. Igbo (African people) -- Religion. Presbyterian Church. Nigeria -- Church history. Nigeria. Church history.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13540362

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ISBN:	9781317119081 1317119088 9781315587752 1315587750 9781317119074 131711907X 9781472478009 1472478002 131711907X 1317119061
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Obinna, Elijah. Identity crises and indigenous religious traditions. New York : Routledge, 2017 9781472478009

Table of Contents:

1. Historical and socio-political background
2. Ritual processes and the Ogo society
3. Implications of initiation into the Ogo society
4. Locating the United Presbyterian Church (UPC) within local and global landscapes
5. Religious conversion : transition and transmission
6. Negotiating culture and identity
7. Towards dialogue : Christianity and the Ogo society
8. Theoretical reflections on the Ogo society.