On the Renewal of Seminary Formation to Meet Evangelization Needs in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
One of the critical challenges for ministry and evangelization in Africa today is the search for an integral and nonviolent basis for social existence on the continent. This essay argues that since the Church considers seminary formation to be one of the most demanding and important tasks for the fu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2021, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-201 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis evangelization
B Africa B Social Existence B Nigeria B Optatam Totius B African Synod B seminary formation B Integral Development |
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| Summary: | One of the critical challenges for ministry and evangelization in Africa today is the search for an integral and nonviolent basis for social existence on the continent. This essay argues that since the Church considers seminary formation to be one of the most demanding and important tasks for the future of the evangelization agenda of humanity (Pastores Dabo Vobis # 2), the approach to, and the content of the formation programs for agents of evangelization in the Catholic Church in Africa, most especially in the seminaries, must be attuned to this critical need, since the style and approach to evangelization is often largely the result of the quality of faith formation found in the seminaries. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140021995907 |