ỊGWEBụIKE AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN AFRICA

James Nnoruga

Abstract


The two world religions that invaded the African continent have no doubt influenced
African world view in all aspects. Again the response given by African continent has
been interpreted in several ways by many authors. This paper advocated that Ịgwebụike
as a key principle to this interpretation can give us a good explanation of what happened
years ago and what is still going on. With African solidarity and complementarity,
explanation on religious change or conversion will be comprehensive. Then African
traditional religion will also be among the world religions. Ịgwebụike as a key principle of
explanation will also account or explainfully the reasons behind the mushrooming of
independent churches or the rise of penticostalism in Africa. By way of quick
understanding, the paper tends to explain the historical approach of religious change as
explained by Fisher (Historical approach) and socio-structural approach by Ifeka-Moller.


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