EKWE JONAL

Igbo values can be defined as those principles of life that guide the Igbo in their everyday life. Igbo values are imbedded in Igbo culture, therefore Igbo culture and Igbo values can be used synonymously. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the worth of Igbo cultural values, and Christian influence on them. This paper selected certain sections of Igbo culture areas to highlight these Christian influences. When the missionaries established in Igbo land in1857 and onward, they met a pattern of life not all of which ran counter to Christian principles. But the assumptions that local culture and Christian values are polarized and conflicting and that Christian values should dislodged the culture of their host communities necessitated an attack on the totality of the culture of the Igbo people and attempts were made to supplant them with the Euro-Christian culture. However, the researcher believes that the attack on Igbo values was unjustified and misguided as not all aspects of Igbo values are condemnable. It is on this premise that a revival of Igbo value system is advocated for in this paper. The aim of this rebirth is to form a synthesis between Igbo values and Christian values with the view to evolving what may be called an authentic Igbo Christianity.

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