{"product_id":"igbo-culture-and-the-christian-missions-18571957-9780761848844","title":"Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions 18571957","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIgbo Culture and the Christian Missions 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice uses historical perspective to explore strategies and methods of the Protestant and the Roman Catholic missionaries in Igboland and the Igbo response during the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.  The subtitle of this book points out the objective, premises, and thrust to the reader. Using oral traditions, primary sources, and the present writer''s own life experience both as a Christian convert and a missionary co-partner in the evangelization enterprise, the text examines the missions'' programs and missteps, as well as their impact on the people.  Appropriate for both specific and generalized audiences, this book will appeal to readers interested in cultural sublimation and in the overall Christianization efforts in Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA splendid account of the missionary programs among the Igbo, cast in vivid detail, against the background of the indigenous culture. While most studies on the subject concentrate mostly on the transformation of indigenous societies by foreign male evangelists\/educators, this author, in addition, deftly integrates the multifaceted role of the Irish Holy Rosary Sisters into the absorbing story…The reader is irresistibly draw into the world of the octogenarian author, a convert to Roman Catholicism, a former RC teacher and government administrator, and a seasoned diplomat…Full of vivid color and emotion and in parts, controversial…a book that should be on the bookshelf of students and scholars, as well as the general reader, interested in the subject of social change. -- Felix K. Ekechi, professor emeritus, Kent State University\u003cbr\u003eOkwu, whose well-established intellectual reputation and global experiences are vividly apparent in this study, has a first-hand knowledge of the transformed world his research focuses on. The missionary church impact on Africa, and the ongoing vibrancy of the new order particularly in Igboland, continues to raise academic and policy tremors still being keenly felt. This book is an excellent and timely addition to this important debate! -- Professor P. Chudi Uwazurike, City College, City University of New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 List of Maps and Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Abbreviations Chapter 4 1. Igboland and the Origin of the Igbo Chapter 5 2. Immediate Post-Slave Trade Period 1808-1849 Chapter 6 3. Foreign Prisoners in Igboland 1800-1886 Chapter 7 4. Attack on Igbo Culture 1885-1899 Chapter 8 5. Missionaries and Chapel-School Apostolacy Chapter 9 6. Catechist-Teachers and Evangelization Chapter 10 7. Sisters, Women-Education and Social Services Chapter 11 8. Spiritans' Crisis Chapter 12 9. Owerri Diocese and Secondary School Apostolacy 1948 Chapter 13 10. Epilogue: Postscript Chapter 14 Sources and Bibliography Chapter 15 Index","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037851582807,"sku":"9780761848844","price":79.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761848844.jpg?v=1750937846","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/igbo-culture-and-the-christian-missions-18571957-9780761848844","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}