TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uche, Okey Jude
TI  - The Theological Analysis of Ikpu-Alaas a Social Justice Value in Igbo Catholic Church (Nigeria)
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Johannesburg, South Africa
PB  - South African Theological Seminary 
KW  - Theology, Practical
KW  - Culture, Language
KW  - Nigeria
N2  - The Igbo are one of the ethno-cultural language groups in Nigeria who live on  both  sides  of  River  Niger.  Every  human  society  is  blessed  with  a  culture that is properly hers and the Igbo’s is not different. The Igbo society is richily endowed  with  enviable  cultures,  traditions  and  religious  values. It  is  a nation with deep religious and moral code, Omenala, which permeated every aspect of  their  lives.  In  their  worldviews,  the  world  of  the  spirits  and  that  of  the material  are  together,  separate  though  but  at  the  same  time,  intertwined. However,  the  early  missionaries  and  colonialists  in  their  encounter  with  the Igbo  traditional  customs  started  from  non-recognition  of  the  Igbo  cultural  and religious  values  to  condemnation  and  total  destruction  of  Igbo  traditional  and religious  values  as  well  as  their  symbolisms.  They  gave  the  impression  that Igbo  has  no  history,  laws,  morality  and  therefore,  no  social  order  or  social organizations.  The  total  disregard  and  destruction  of  the  cultures,  traditions and  religion  of  the  Igbo  people  has  resulted  in  discrepancies  between  the private  and  public  lives  of  the  Igbo  Christian.  The  rim  of  this  study  is  to examine Ikpu-alaas  an  Igbo  social  justice valuesystem  and  to  investigate  if Igbo social value system could be integrated into Christian social value.In the study, the researcher used sample populations from a cross-section of Igbo communities. This approach enabled the researcher to generate data from  large  pool  of  respondents.  The  methodology  of  this  empirical  research was  modelled  after  the  Richard  Osmer’s  and  Ray  Anderson’s  model  in practical  theology.  The  analysis  of  the  data  generated  in  this  study  showed that Ikpu-alaas  an  Igbo  social  justice  value  system  has  been  and  is  still  an effective tool in the administration of justice among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria. The  result  of  the  study  also  showed  that Ikpu-alais  integral  to  social  justice and reconciliation in Igbo land. The result of the study also indicated that Ikpu-alawith  its  theological  value  can  assist  the  Igbo  Church  in  the  Sacrament  of reconciliation
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