Dancing to the Post-Modern Tune: The Future of the Sacrament of Reconciliation Among the Igbo People (Religions and Discourse #51) (Paperback)

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By James M. M. Francis (Editor), Tobias Okoro
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This is book number 51 in the Religions and Discourse series.

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Is post-modern society devoid of sacramentality or a sense of the sacred? This question is central to the challenges posed by revolutionary post-modern sensibilities that tend to render the rites for the celebration of the sacraments obsolete and irrelevant. To address this issue, the author applies the post-modern emphasis on plurality and radical particularity to the communal dimension of traditional societies exemplified in the worldview of the Igbo people of Southeast Nigeria to shed light on the liturgical celebration of reconciliation in the Church today. The contention is that the sacraments are multi-vocal symbols that cannot command the same meaning in different contexts. In this connection, this book provides a clear notion of the theological foundation, principle and framework of the sacrament of reconciliation and offers a practical guide for its authentic liturgical celebration in a plural context. Its argument is that all are being summoned to interpersonal encounter through dialogue, or a relationship founded on mutual recognition and respect for difference. On this basis, the book proposes possible reconciliation rites drawn from the Igbo communal existence that have the capacity to accommodate people with other faith perspectives in a common liturgical celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation.

About the Author

Tobias Onyedikachukwu Okoro was educated at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, where he received his doctorate in pastoral theology. Currently, he is serving as the parish priest of St Bride's Parish, Pitlochry, in the diocese of Dunkeld, Scotland.


Product Details
ISBN: 9783034302401
ISBN-10: 3034302401
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Publication Date: October 27th, 2010
Pages: 504
Language: English
Series: Religions and Discourse
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