Igbo Funeral Rites Today: Anthropological and Theological PerspectivesLIT Verlag Münster, 2010 - 91 páginas Igbo Funeral Rites is about the rigorous and complex nature of death and burial obsequies in Igboland. Analytical as it is descriptive and anthropological as it is theological, the book is an attempt to provide new insights for handling some of the pastoral challenges of Igbo funeral rites. It exhibits admirable maturity by acknowledging the need for flexibility along with harmonization. |
Índice
Rites of Decorporation and Transition | 29 |
Traditional Values and Virtues of Igbo Funeral Rites | 47 |
The Churchs Response to Igbo Funeral Rites | 57 |
Recommendations and Conclusion | 70 |
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