Inculturation as Dialogue: Igbo Culture and the Message of Christ. (Intercultural Theology and Study of Religions)

Though Africa today, with her large number of Christians, is often seen as the future hope of the Church, a closer examination of Christianity shows that the Christian faith has not taken deep roots in Africa. Many Africans today declare themselves Christians, but as before, they remain followers of their traditional African religions especially in matters concerning the inner dimensions of their life. It is evident that in strictly personal matters relating to such issues as passage and crises of life, most Africans turn to their African traditional religions. Christianity as an incarnational faith has its history a part of which is the encounter of the Christian faith with other cultures and taking deep roots in some of these cultures. The central question remains why has the Christian faith not taken deep root in Africa? Addressing this question is the main thrust of this volume.