The Persistence of Igbo Worldview in the Sabbath Church Healing Liturgy and Praxis

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ID11295669
AuthorsNdidi Justice Gbule (Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria, corresponding author), Chigozie Samuel Nwaka (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria)
Year2021
Volume38
Issue2
Pages236-255
Publication date2021-09-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMission Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15733831-12341792
OpenAlexW3208319662
LanguageEN
References cited7

Healing and wholeness are common motifs in religion; even as there exist different conceptions of personhood, as well as ways and means of restoring a person to wholeness and wellbeing. This paper focuses on the influence of Igbo traditional worldviews and healing liturgies in the Sabbath Church in Nigeria. Utilizing a qualitative methodology, oral interviews, and participant observation, the paper examines the extent to which Igbo healing praxis has been incorporated into the healing liturgy and practices of the Sabbath Church. Using Our Lord’s Sabbath Mission, an AIC in Nigeria, as a case study, how has the Sabbath Church valorized Igbo traditional symbols and religious categories in mediating healing? The insight resulting from this study is of great importance, particularly now that the demography of Christianity has shifted to the Global South

Christianity · Epistemology · History of religions · Igbo · Liturgy · Personhood · Praxis · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies

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