Emefie Ikenga-Metuh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1425464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emefie Ikenga-Metuh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emefie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ikenga-Metuh |
| SIGNATURE | IKENGA-METUH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1University of Jos, Nigeria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Revival of African Christian Spirituality
151 E. Ikenga-Metuh THE REVIVAL OF AFRICAN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY: THE EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCHES The spread of Christianity in Africa represents one of the most massive and variegated responses to the Christian faith in the history of Christian missions. From virtually zero in 1800, the Christian popu- lation grew to about 160 million in 1979. Equally phenomenal is the accompanying mushrooming of African indigenous churches, most…
Contextualization
I. Books
Muslim Resistance to Missionary Penetration of Northern Nigeria, 1857-1960
The paradox of transcendence and immanence of god in African religions
The paradox of the transcendence and immanence of God is not peculiar to African religions . Rather, it is one example of what Evans-Pritchard calls `the unresolved paradoxes and ambiguities which are found in different religious systems' . It is a universal human experience, he says, that `Divinity to man is both friend and foe, whom one summons for aid and asks to turn away, seeking at the same time union and separation from him' .' He calls th…
Ritual Dirt and Purification Rites among the Igbo
Purification et pollution sont a la fois de nature spirituelle et materielle. Les Igbo differencient les lois humaines et les prohibitions sacrees. Inventaire des diverses prohibitions et des rites de purification
Religious Concepts in West African Cosmogonies
Cosmogonies in a broad sense, are theories about the origin of the universe. Here they are taken to refer to which explain the origin and organization of the universe from the fewest possible elements, or to creation properly so called which attribute the origin of the universe to the activity of some pre-existing divine being.1 Contrary to the suggestion of Okot p'Bitek that myths of origin in African religions ... have no religious significance…
Religious Concepts in West African Cosmogonies
Analyse des mythes cosmogoniques des Dogon du Mali, des Fon de la Republique du Benin et des Yoruba du Nigeria. Interpretation, dans une perspective comparative, des concepts religieux qu'ils contiennent
Ritual Dirt and Purification Rites among the Igbo
Purification et pollution sont a la fois de nature spirituelle et materielle. Les Igbo differencient les lois humaines et les prohibitions sacrees. Inventaire des diverses prohibitions et des rites de purification
Religious Concepts in West African Cosmogonies
Cosmogonies in a broad sense, are theories about the origin of the universe. Here they are taken to refer to which explain the origin and organization of the universe from the fewest possible elements, or to creation properly so called which attribute the origin of the universe to the activity of some pre-existing divine being.1 Contrary to the suggestion of Okot p'Bitek that myths of origin in African religions ... have no religious significance…
Religious Concepts in West African Cosmogonies
Analyse des mythes cosmogoniques des Dogon du Mali, des Fon de la Republique du Benin et des Yoruba du Nigeria. Interpretation, dans une perspective comparative, des concepts religieux qu'ils contiennent
The paradox of transcendence and immanence of god in African religions
The paradox of the transcendence and immanence of God is not peculiar to African religions . Rather, it is one example of what Evans-Pritchard calls `the unresolved paradoxes and ambiguities which are found in different religious systems' . It is a universal human experience, he says, that `Divinity to man is both friend and foe, whom one summons for aid and asks to turn away, seeking at the same time union and separation from him' .' He calls th…
Ritual Dirt and Purification Rites among the Igbo
Purification et pollution sont a la fois de nature spirituelle et materielle. Les Igbo differencient les lois humaines et les prohibitions sacrees. Inventaire des diverses prohibitions et des rites de purification
Muslim Resistance to Missionary Penetration of Northern Nigeria, 1857-1960
I. Books
Contextualization
The Revival of African Christian Spirituality
151 E. Ikenga-Metuh THE REVIVAL OF AFRICAN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY: THE EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCHES The spread of Christianity in Africa represents one of the most massive and variegated responses to the Christian faith in the history of Christian missions. From virtually zero in 1800, the Christian popu- lation grew to about 160 million in 1979. Equally phenomenal is the accompanying mushrooming of African indigenous churches, most…
Philosophy (8 works) · Religious studies (7 works) · History (6 works) · History of religions (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religious Studies (4 works) · Theology (4 works)