Faith and Culture

“This work sheds light on the ways the sacramental life of the church in Africa can be reimagined to allow for the centering of African cultural and epistemological heritages. This work captures the best of the spirit of Vatican II—a spirit that demands from Catholics today to read the signs of the times. Osigwe has offered the academe and the church a new way of doing sacramental theology that births forth life for all.”


—SimonMary Aihiokhai, University of Portland





“Osigwe’s work opens a wide door into the great gift of theological brilliance accomplished in the sacramental theology of Elochukwu Uzukwu. His careful treatment of Uzukwu’s insights invites the reader to understand the capaciousness of African theology . . . . Scholars working in the areas of pneumatology, sacramentology, liturgy, and ecclesiology will no doubt find a challenging rethinking of the human encounter with the divine.”


—Rufus Burnett Jr., Fordham University





“The evangelizing mission of the church today is frustrated by deep social, political, and ecclesial fractures. Osigwe expertly offers up the wisdom of African scholar Uzukwu, whose contributions to the study of human cultures and Christian faith exemplify God’s gift of Blackness reflected in local churches throughout the African diaspora—good news for the whole people of God.”


—Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, Xavier University of Louisiana





“Emmanuel Osigwe has made a decisive case for the need to critically engage Elochukwu Uzukwu’s work on the inculturation of Catholicism in Africa. He demonstrates with compassionate zeal why African theological perspectives matter in current efforts to institutionalize inculturation. . . . This is a refreshing contribution on the intersection of anthropology and theology.”


—Jude Fokwang, Regis University