Download or read book Ala Di Mma in Umuohiagu written by Gerald Chukwudi Njoku and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2014 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among other relevant issues, this book adds new insights to the proposed Igbo Christian rites of reconciliation. Towards an inculturation, the resolutional equations of the Igbo cultural method of reconciliation - oriko in ala di mma - are balanced with the sacrament of reconciliation in operational life of the people who are pastorally concerned. In this context, the author refers to the Owerri archdiocesan working document on emume nsacha na ndozi, meaning a ritual of purification and peace, as well as to the Igbo Christian rite of reconciliation proposed by Augustine Echema. The method of these new rites is para-liturgical in nature which highlights the importance of reconciliation of human beings with themselves, their neighbours and God, whenever sin has taken place. Paradoxically, this new method of reconciliation can broaden ecumenism and strengthens the social, cultural, political and religious lives of the people. In this sense, reconciliation can be seen as a natural spiritual cord that ties people to themselves and to God in a communal and Christian environment.

Download or read book Overcoming the Osu Caste System among the Afro Igbo written by John Ugochukwu Opara and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the conviction of Sacramentum Caritatis as well as the fathers of the Second Vatican Council that active participation at Eucharistic celebration cannot be easily disassociated from active involvement in the Church's mission in the world. This present study in the light of the foregoing presuppositions, exposes some of such challenges confronting the Afro-Igbo Christian, with special focus on the menace of the osu caste system, and proposes ways towards its eradication. One of such ways remains strengthening the Eucharistic celebration through the process of the inculturation.

Download or read book Healing Prayers That Work When You Hurt written by Chris Sitahall and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone wants the best life has to offer. How we get that depends on which road we choose to take. There is the large and broad road and the small and narrow road; one leads to destruction and the other leads to life (Matthew 7:13-14). The one we choose will determine the outcome of our life. This book talks about: Abandonment and Suicide Parents and Children Forgiveness and Relationships Anger and Depression And much More This simple inspiring and practical book is filled with over 45 powerful prayers that will help heal your ailments and hurts in life. You will learn how to pray effectively and discover the healing power of prayers and experience how it works. This book will help strengthen you and your relationships with others. You will see that prayers do make a difference in your life because God makes a difference. This book offers hope and realism for people with hurts, ailments and various kinds of troubles. When you start praying the prayers in this book, you will see the effectiveness and feel the difference in your life, of Healing Prayers that Work when You Hurt. .

Download or read book Daily Decrees for Family Blessing and Breakthrough written by Brenda Kunneman and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decree your victory and defeat hells schemed against your family! In an age where our families are under attack from all sides, you have a sure strategy to secure Heavens victory over your marriage, children, and household: boldly decree the Word of God! Bestselling author and dynamic prophetic voice Brenda Kunneman has equipped believers around the world to decree Heavens victory over every area of their lives. In Daily Decrees for Family Blessing and Breakthrough, she empowers you with powerful, Bible-based prophetic declarations to overcome every strategy of the enemy that comes against your marriage, your children, your finances, and your household. Decreeing Gods word over your family can restore years the enemy has stolen, bring freedom, and surround your loved ones with a supernatural shield. In this powerful resource you will learn to Create heavenly atmospheres in your household. Demolish strife, discord, and contention using the Sword of the Spirit. Defeat every strategy of hell aimed at your marriage, children, and finances. Decree Heavens promises of salvation over loved ones who are far from God. Take authority over your family! Dont let the devil win another victory. Rise up with the Word of God on your lips and decree Heavens promises over every area of your family life!

Download or read book The Triple Threat Anointing written by Andrew Towe and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday people flowing in the miraculous power of God. Normal. Commonplace.That’s not just for Bible times; it’s for today! The Spirit of the Lord spoke to Pastor Andrew Towe, revealing a prophetic glimpse of a coming outpouring: “I am uprooting religious systems and tearing down man’s ways of doing things. This...

Download or read book Single Married Separated and Life After Divorce Expanded Edition written by Myles Munroe and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love the life you're living! Written by best-selling author and beloved pastor Myles Munroe, Single, Married, Separated, & Life After Divorce, Expanded Edition brings meaningful understanding to various stages of relationships. Whether you are single, married, separated, or divorced, you can feel peace and wholeness when you understand God's plan for your life. Get ready to move into a new and exciting life full of love and acceptance-from within yourself, God's special creation. No longer will you need to lean on or enable another to feel worthy or accepted. God created you a unique and beautiful person full of potential and self-worth. Included is a workbook prepared especially to help you delve into the principles discussed in the book. Whether you use the workbook for individual or group study, the following approach helps you get the most out of each chapter: Preview Question Read Review Study Complete the workbook questions Check your answers with the Answer Key Enjoy the relationships you have-lean on God's plan to move you forward into a life filled with His best blessings.

Download or read book So You Call Yourself a Man written by T. D. Jakes and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Expounding on five encouraging life stories of men in the Bible, T.D. Jakes helps you realize that God created you to be free, powerful, and filled with purpose."--Cover.

Download or read book Satan You Can t Have My Promises written by Iris Delgado and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2013 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confront the devil and take back what's yours What has the enemy stolen from you? What is rightfully yours? · Your identity? · Your health? · Your family? · Your peace of mind? · Your passion? God has a purpose and a destiny just for you, and He has promised to give you everything you need to fulfill it. But Satan and his demons would like nothing better than for you to miss these blessings. It is time to reclaim them all! These biblical principles, amazing testimonies, and Scripture-based prayers will inspire you to claim possession of God's promises and reclaim any part that has been lost to Satan.

Download or read book Overcoming Fear written by Creflo Dollar and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing natural or acceptable about fear. In a world that is running rampant with fear, selfishness, and sin, it is easy for those not familiar with God's word to become deceived by the enemy. Remember, fear is the faith of the devil! Just as the kingdom of God requires faith to bring God's promises to pass in your life, the kingdom of darkness requires fear to bring the enemy's plans to pass in your life. Overcoming Fear provides a candid and revealing look into a spirit that is designed to destroy your life on every level. YOU WILL DISCOVER: The different ways fear can manifest in your life. Why you don't have to be subject to fear. How to evict every kind of fear from your life for good. Fear is a destructive force that Satan uses to keep you from experiencing God's best. When you deal with the spirit of fear according to the Word of God, you can live the life of peace God designed for you. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Creflo Dollar was born and raised in College Park, Georgia. Today, with his wife, he pastors over 30,000 members at WCCI-College Park, WCC-New York, and over 25 fellowship churches worldwide. Recognized for his cutting-edge revelation and humorous, pragmatic approach, Creflo empowers millions to experience God's grace, restoration, healing, and financial breakthrough by delivering simple, biblical principles to apply in their daily lives. Creflo is a world-renowned Bible teacher, best-selling author, and sought-after conference speaker with hundreds of books, CDs, and DVDs in worldwide distribution. He publishes CHANGE online magazine, and his award-winning television show, Changing Your World, is broadcast throughout the world and translated into six languages. Creflo and his wife, Taffi, have five children and live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Download or read book Help Me I ve Fallen and I Can t Get Up written by T. D. Jakes and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bishop T.D. Jakes provides comforting hope and practical ways for all people, including Christians, to get up after they have fallen. Everyone falls from time to time; and the cause of the fall is not as important as what we do while we are down and how we get back up. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6). Learn some of these important life lessons: Why pride and selfishness will lead to destruction. How to be content. The temptation to be self-sufficient. Like the woman in the television commercial, we must put aside fear, pride, or embarrassment and call out for help. We must learn not only how to ask for help, but Whom to ask. After all, help is just a breath away.

Download or read book God s Provision For Your Every Need written by T. D. Jakes and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is with you in the desert. Bishop T.D. Jakes gives you proof positive that God not only supplies you with everything you need, but your heavenly Father wants to bless you with refreshing water that will sustain you throughout any wilderness experience. According to Bishop Jakes, “Spiritually we must find a place where the Lord can minister to us in our wilderness-a place where He can instruct us about what to do next. The wilderness is a place of dying, where all the things that cause you to stumble in your walk with God are killed.” Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert (Isaiah 35:6). Find your special place in the wilderness where God will drench you in His life-giving water-you will break forth with a renewed and courageous spirit!

Download or read book Spiritual A D D written by Hank Kunneman and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you bored with spiritual things? Do you have trouble concentrating on God? Has your time with Him has become mundane and full of distractions? Do you fall asleep in prayer? You may have Spiritual A.D.D.If you want to go deeper in the Spirit but can't seem to get results, Hank Kunneman is here to help you strengthen your focus on the Lord. He shares his own experiences with Spiritual A.D.D. and gives many valuable, practical tools for shaking off the snooze and tuning in to the Spirit.You will learn: To recognize the symptoms of Spiritual A.D.D. To overcome excuses and spiritual boredom plaguing your walk. Ways to avoid falling asleep and being frustrated and distracted. How to build spiritual muscle to endure life's hardships and challenges. Practical and spiritual tools to revitalize you. The satisfaction of returning to the joy of your salvation. Hank Kunneman writes, "This book will help you reconnect to God and begin a spiritual life of recovery. You can break away from the boring, snoring, and distracting. Get the results you need and long for in your prayer and spiritual life."

Download or read book The Female King of Colonial Nigeria written by Nwando Achebe and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.

Download or read book The Peoples of Southern Nigeria written by Percy Amaury Talbot and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shaping Our Struggles written by Obioma Nnaemeka and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In analysing a range of materials that testify to the wide spectrum of women's experiences in Nigeria, this groundbreaking collection seeks to draw attention to neglected aspects of women's lives in Nigerian society as a whole. Exploring the historical, developmental and socio-cultural experiences of women across Nigeria's cultures, it reappraises their role as historical actors and helps to facilitate a more encompassing view of their place in society and their still underestimated contribution to social development.

Download or read book The Agwu Deity in Igbo Religion written by Jude C. U. Aguwa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agwu is the Igbo patron deity of health and divination, and one of the basic Igbo theological concepts employed to explain good and evil, health and sickness, wealth and poverty, and fortune and misfortune. Belief in the Agwu was widespread in thepast. Most communities had some Agwu people, who were considered victims of its malignant powers or recipients of its positive influences, such as priest-diviners and physicians. This books analyses this belief system in past and present times, and posits the view that it still exists but to a lesser degree or in a modified forms. The author conducted his research through personal interviews and observer-participant methods. Themes range from beliefs about the Agwu deity through the rites and initiation into Agwu cult, to the guild of diviners and traditional healers. The six chapters cover: supernaturalism and disease causation; the anthropocentricity of Agwu; art and symbol in the Agwu cult; the rites of Dibia initiation; significance and consequences of Dibia initiation; and Agwu therapeutic forces in a time perspective.

Download or read book Farmers Traders Warriors and Kings written by Nwando Achebe and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a brilliant and refreshing book, which gives ample and well-deserved voice to women...It is a book that will definitely be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of history, anthropology, political science, religion, and political economy. It is a must read for scholars and students in Women's Studies Programs. - Felix K. Ekechi; Professor Emeritus(History); Kent State University This orginal and insightful work's sensible and balanced view of Igbo women's power and authority is modulated by a profound understanding of the ways in which women negotiated indigenous cultural spaces and at the same time negotiated with and refashioned pre-colonial and colonial contexts. Farmers, Traders, Warriors, and Kings is a major event in African gender studies publishing. - Obioma Nnaemeka; Professor of French, Women's Studies, and African/African Diaspora Studies; Indiana University, Indianapolis Nwando Achebe's book is rich in accounts of the life histories of recent powerful goddesses that were constructed by the Nsukka Igbo from the late 19th century... She] recounts these case studies with passion and fascination. This is another important addition to the growing literature in Igbo studies, gender studies and African historiography. - Ifi Amadiume; Professor of Religion and African and African American Studies; Dartmouth College A] landmark in African historiography. In the best tradition of the discpline, Dr. Achebe] reminds us after all that history, however academically grounded, should aim to delight as well as educate. Nwando Achebe is ahead of her generation not only in the depth of her sensibility but in the facility with which she represents the structures of feeling of her Igbo society. - Isidore Okpewho; Distinguished Professor of the Humanities; State University of New York, Binghamton There is an adage that the Igbo have no kings. Farmers, Traders, Warriors and Kings focuses on an area in Igboland where, contrary to this popular belief, Igbos not only have kings, but female kings. It is an area where women served as warriors and even married many wives. Because women in Nsukka Division served as prominent actors in a complex set of interactions, relationships and manifestations unmatched elsewhere in Igboland, the author argues that researchers cannot adequately analyze the landscape of Nsukka Division (or any other African society, for that matter) without investigating the central place of women and the female principle in the spiritual world of the society. The author examines the political, economic, and religious structures that allowed women and the female principle to achieve measures of power and looks at some of the ways they reacted and adjusted to the challenges of European rule. Such an investigation into the history of this gender dynamic yields important results for both African History and Women's Studies. Achebe focuses on the evolution of gender politics and female power in Nigeria's northern Igboland over the first six decades of the 20th century. This time period, approximately 1900-1960, is important because it allows for the exploration of continuity and change in Nsukka women's activities, as well as the female principle, over three periods: late pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial Nigeria. Along the way, she raises and answers questions relating to scholarship on women, sex, and gender in Africa by uncovering the complexities of the Igbo gender construct, arguing, for example, that sex and gender did not coincide in northern Igboland. Consequently, women were able to occupy positions that were exclusively monopolized by men in other societies, and men, likewise, occupied positions that would have otherwise been monopolized by women. Expanding on this premise, the author calls for a revision of traditional classifications of African women