The Plight of the Indigenous Catholic Priest in Africa: An Igbo Example
The issue is not whether Christianity will survive in Africa but in what manner it will do so. This paper seeks to discover the extent of genuine indigenization in African Christianity. It explores various reasons for the retardation of and resistance to changes within the Catholic Church by indigen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1995
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| In: |
Missiology
Year: 1995, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-177 |
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| Summary: | The issue is not whether Christianity will survive in Africa but in what manner it will do so. This paper seeks to discover the extent of genuine indigenization in African Christianity. It explores various reasons for the retardation of and resistance to changes within the Catholic Church by indigenous clergy. The authors discern no fundamental incompatibility between essential Christianity and indigenous African beliefs and practices. They address several non-religious reasons for resistance to indigenization. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969502300204 |