Missionary Enterprise and Rivalry in Igboland, 1857-1914

Missionary Enterprise and Rivalry in Igboland, 1857-1914
Author: Felix K. Ekechi
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1972
Genre: Igbo (African People)
ISBN: 9780714627786

This study of the evangelization of the Igbos uses archives of the Holy Ghost Fathers in Paris. Prior to 1885 the protestant missions dominated the field, but from that date the Roman Catholic influence was established and the two churches; struggle for mastery is the central theme.

Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957

Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957
Author: Augustine Senan Ogunyeremuba Okwu
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0761848843

This book explores the strategies and methods of the Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the author's life experience as a Christian convert and missionary, the text examines the missions' programs, missteps, and impact.

Nigeria's Christian Revolution

Nigeria's Christian Revolution
Author: Richard Burgess
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606080202

Nigeria has become the area of one of the most remarkable religious movements of recent times, reflecting the shift in the global center of Christianity from the North to the South. This book tells the story of one sector of this movement from its roots in the Nigerian civil war to the turn of the new millennium. It describes a revival that occurred among the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria, and the new Pentecostal churches it generated, and documents the changes that have occurred as the movement has responded to global flows and local demands. As such, it explores the nature of revivalist and Pentecostal experience, but does so against the backdrop of local socio-political and economic developments, such as decolonization and civil war, as well broader processes, such as modernization and globalization.

The Conversion of Igbo Christians to Islam

The Conversion of Igbo Christians to Islam
Author: Chinyere Felicia Priest
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1839730110

Often considered a Christian heartland in Nigeria, Igboland has recently seen a dramatic increase in Igbo Christians converting to Islam. Yet, despite this rapid change, there has been minimal research into the growth of Islam in the area and the implications this has for Christianity in the region. Addressing this need, Dr Chinyere Felicia Priest provides a detailed exploration of Igbo converts’ reasons for conversion through skilful analysis of in-depth ethnographic interviews with thirty converts, considering their social, religious, and familial backgrounds. This unique study sheds much-needed light on the role of intellectual factors in the conversion experiences of many newly Muslim Igbos and challenges previous ideas of monetary and social influences as primary motivations for conversion. As a result of her examination of these conversion experiences, Dr Priest calls for serious intellectual engagement of biblical doctrine within the Igbo church and highlights the need for ministers and missiologists to better disciple and equip Christians to adequately engage with Muslim objections to the gospel and give a reasoned defence of their faith. The vulnerability of many Igbo Christians will continue to result in converts to Islam unless the church heeds the lessons learned from this research and outlined in this book.

Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion

Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion
Author: David Goodhew
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317124413

The Anglican Communion is one of the largest Christian denominations in the world. Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion is the first study of its dramatic growth and decline in the years since 1980. An international team of leading researchers based across five continents provides a global overview of Anglicanism alongside twelve detailed case studies. The case studies stretch from Singapore to England, Nigeria to the USA and mostly focus on non-western Anglicanism. This book is a critical resource for students and scholars seeking an understanding of the past, present and future of the Anglican Church. More broadly, the study offers insight into debates surrounding secularisation in the contemporary world.

Political Organization in Nigeria since the Late Stone Age

Political Organization in Nigeria since the Late Stone Age
Author: J. Oriji
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2011-01-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 023011668X

Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is known about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period.

Igbo in the Atlantic World

Igbo in the Atlantic World
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253022576

The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume covers the enslavement, middle passage, and American experience of the Igbo as well as their return to Africa and aspects of Igbo language, society, and cultural arts. By employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this volume presents a comprehensive view of how the Igbo were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Igbo identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Igbo in the New World. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this collection includes 21 essays by prominent scholars throughout the world.