The Significant Role of Initiation in the Traditional Igbo Culture and Religion

In the face of the difficult task of inculturating the Christian faith in Igboland, christianizing the Igbo and igbonizing Christianity, this book offers an interesting and inspiring study of Igbo traditional initiation forms in comparison with the Christian sacraments of initiation. Because of its characteristic features and the significant role in Igbo tradition and culture, it proposes traditional Igbo initiation forms as inculturation basis for pastoral catechesis of Christian initiation.
Rev. Fr. George Nnaemeka Oranekwu, a Catholic priest from Nnewi (Nigeria), was ordained in 1995. He had a Bachelor in Philosophy (from the then Bigard, now St. Joseph´s Major Seminary, Ikot-Ekpene), a Bachelor in Theology (from Bigard Memoral Seminary, Enugu), Licentiate in Theology (PTHV Germany) and MBA (Luxembourg). He studied for a doctorate in Theology at the Catholic Faculty, Albert-Ludwig University, Freibourg, Germany.