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Ala di Mma in Umuohiagu

An Igbo Concept of Reconciliation and Peace

  • Hardback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG
  • 14.9 x 21.1 x 2.4 cm

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Among other relevant issues, this book adds new insights to the proposed Igbo Christian rites of reconciliation. Towards an inculturation, the resolutional equations of the Igbo cultural method of reconciliation - oriko in ala di mma - are balanced with the sacrament of reconciliation in operational life of the people who are pastorally concerned. In this context, the author refers to the Owerri archdiocesan working document on emume nsacha na ndozi, meaning a ritual of purification and peace, as well as to the Igbo Christian rite of reconciliation proposed by Augustine Echema. The method of these new rites is para-liturgical in nature which highlights the importance of reconciliation of human beings with themselves, their neighbours and God, whenever sin has taken place. Paradoxically, this new method of reconciliation can broaden ecumenism and strengthens the social, cultural, political and religious lives of the people. In this sense, reconciliation can be seen as a natural spiritual cord that ties people to themselves and to God in a communal and Christian environment.
Ala di Mma in Umuohiagu and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneAla di Mma in Umuohiagu

  • Title

    Ala di Mma in Umuohiagu

  • Author

    Gerald Njoku

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang AG

  • Published

    July 2014

  • Edition

    1st New edition

  • Weight

    545g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.1 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9783631648254

  • ISBN-10

    3631648251

  • Eden Code

    4658938

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