1st Edition
Identity Crises and Indigenous Religious Traditions Exploring Nigerian-African Christian Societies
Introduction
1 Historical and Socio-Political Background
2 Ritual Processes and the Ogo Society
3 Implications of Initiation into the Ogo Society
4 Locating the United Presbyterian Church (UPC) Within Local and Global Landscapes
5 Religious Conversion: Transition and Transmission
6 Negotiating Culture and Identity
7 Towards Dialogue: Christianity and the Ogo Society
8 Theoretical Reflections on the Ogo Society
Biography
Elijah Obinna currently lives in Scotland where he serves as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was formerly a senior lecturer and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution, Arochukwu (in affiliation with Abia State University, Uturu), Abia State, Nigeria and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA (2011–2012). Obinna obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor of Christianity in the Modern World: Changes and Controversies (2014); and author of Scottish Missionaries in Nigeria: Foundation, Transformation and Development, 1927–1944 (2013) and many articles and book chapters in learned publications.
