African Journal of
History and Culture

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Hist. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6672
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJHC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 197

Review

The interface between Igbo traditional religion and christianity

Nwuba Sr. MaryKristel Grace Chinyere
  • Nwuba Sr. MaryKristel Grace Chinyere
  • Theology Department, School of Liberal Art, Duquesne University Pittsburgh, United States.
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  •  Received: 03 July 2020
  •  Accepted: 07 December 2020
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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C.M.S.: C.A. 3/037, Taylor's Journal, entry for 25 June 1863. Out of a population estimated at 13,000 the number of active Christians at Onitsha in 1874 was 177. Cf. C.M.S. C.A. 3/04(a), 'Statistics of the Niger Mission, 30 Sept. 1874.

 

Edmund I (1974). Christianity and Igbo Culture. New York: Nok Publishers Limited.

 
 

Egbo EO (1971). Conflicts between Traditional Religion and Christianity in Igboland South Eastern Nigeria. West African Religion 10:7-17.

 
 

Ekechi FK (1972). Missionary Enterprise and Rivalry in Igbo land 1857-1914. Vol. 119. Psychology Press.

 
 

Ilogu E (1914). "Minutes of the Church and Native Customs Conference." May 12, 1914, C.M.S. Ozala, Onitsha Nigeria: typed script in the C.M.S. archives at Onitsha, unpublished Mss, 16 p.

 
 

Isichei E (1976). A History of Igbo People. New York: St. Martins Press.
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Paul VI (1965). Declaration on the relation of the church to non-christian religions Nostra Aetate, Rome: Liturgical Press.

 
 

Slattery K (n.d.). Igbo People - Origin and History. Available at:

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Uchendu VC (1965). The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

 
 

Udeani CC (2007). Intercultural Theology and Study of Religion. Amsterdam-New York: Wird Gemeinsam Von Rodopi.