REVISITING INCULTURATION THEOLOGY: THEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA

Abstract

In clarifying the major issues that theologians need to investigate for the pastoral development of the Church in Nigeria, this article revisits the theology of inculturation. The essay presents a condensed historical excursus on inculturation, highlighting its roots in sacred scripture and the early Church. The essay shows how the Second Vatican Council’s teaching sparked inculturation’s acceptance in African Catholicism and its subsequent growth in Nigeria. This historical trajectory serves as the foundation for looking at inculturation tendencies among Nigerian theologians and putting forward an agenda for them. According to the essay, inculturation theology is an important theological task of particular churches that must be upheld through the vocation of theologian.