Exploring Religious Experience in Nigerian Igbo Indigenous Religious Tradition: Toward a Christianity and Church with an Indigenous Face
Various religious systems potentially generate religious experience for their adherents. Although religious experience is a particularly personal subjective involvement with the sacred, it, nevertheless, possesses a social element, in that socially acquired beliefs, rooted in religious traditions a...
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| Language: | English |
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Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Perspectiva Teológica |
| Online Access: | https://faje.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/perspectiva/article/view/5821 |
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| Summary: | Various religious systems potentially generate religious experience for their adherents. Although religious experience is a particularly personal subjective involvement with the sacred, it, nevertheless, possesses a social element, in that socially acquired beliefs, rooted in religious traditions and symbolisms provide the cultural repertoire into which the individual is both socialized and draws upon for deeper personal meaning. This article explores how Igbo indigenous religious tradition shapes the translation and experience of the Christian faith in Igbo society. We argue that the dominance of spirits’ phenomenon in Igbo indigenous religious tradition, including spirit possession, has been creatively reworked mostly in prophetic, Charismatic, and Pentecostal versions of Christianity into experiences of the Holy Spirit for healing and edification of the community.
KEYWORDS: Cross-Cultural Translation. Decolonial Turn. Public-Religion. Ecclesial Structures. Trinity.
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| ISSN: | 0102-4469 2176-8757 |