HI-Touch Pastoral Approach in the 21st Century
A response to the problem of insufficient organic link between faith and daily life in Nigeria
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Sylvester Ajunwa
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- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 300 pp.
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Scope and Projected Objective
- Methodology
- The Structural Scheme
- 1.1 The Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and daily Life: An Overview
- 1.2.1 Pre-Colonial Nigeria: General World-view and Social Structure
- 1.2.2.1 The Igbos
- 1.2.2.2 The Hausa
- 1.2.2.3 The Yoruba
- 1.3.1 The Penetration of all the Tribes of Nigeria
- 1.3.2 Nigerian State: A Child of Colonial Convenience
- 1.3.3 Colonialism and the early Christian Missionaries
- 1.3.4 The colonial system of indirect rule
- 1.4.1 Amalgamation without a Melting Point
- 1.4.2.1 Political Instability
- 1.4.2.2 Tribalism
- 1.4.2.3 Recycling of Poverty
- 1.4.3.1 The Crisis of Language
- 1.4.3.2 Change in dressing styles
- 1.4.4.1 Religious diversity
- 1.4.4.2 The Chameleon Effect
- 1.4.5 Mimicry /Dissimulation: the climax and epitome of all the effects of colonialism
- Summary and Conclusion
- 2.1.1 Globalization: Meaning and impact in Nigeria
- 2.2.1 Pluralism
- 2.2.2 Cultural Hybridization
- 2.2.3 The Politics of Recognition
- 2.2.4 Religion and Religious Fundamentalism
- 2.2.5 High-Tech Culture
- 2.2.6 Urbanization and City- Life
- Summary and Conclusion
- 3.1 The Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council: A Brief Background Story
- 3.2.1 Aggiornamento
- 3.2.2 Ressourcement
- 3.2.3 Development
- 3.3.1.1 Charisms
- 3.3.1.2 Dialogue
- 3.3.2 The Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et spes(GS)
- 3.3.3 Liturgical renewal: Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC)
- 3.3.4 Divine Revelation: Die Verbum (DV)
- 3.5 The Hallmarks of the Second Vatican Council
- 3.6 Other Reactions towards Vatican II
- Summary and Conclusion
- 4.1.1 Ecclesia in Africa
- 4.1.2 Africae Munus
- 4.2 The People of God, Communion and the Family of God
- 4.3 The Church as Communion vis-à-vis the Concept of Community (Umunna bu Ike or Ujamaa) in Africa
- 4.4 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God on Mission
- 4.5.1 Reading the Signs of the Time
- 4.5.2 Authority as Service (Diaconia)
- 4.5.3.1 Inculturation
- 4.5.3.2 Dialogue
- 4.5.3.3 Justice and Peace
- 4.5.3.4 The Use of Modern Social Communication
- 4.5.3.5 The Project of Reconciliation
- 4.6 A Pentecost Church?
- 4.7 The Risk of Commodification of Pastoral Care
- Summary and Conclusion
- 5.1.1 Meaning of HI-Touch
- 5.1.2 John Naisbitt’s use of High Touch
- 5.1.3 HI-Touch: an acronym of Human Integrated Touch
- 5.2.1 HI-Touch Approach as Pastoral Paradigm Changer
- 5.2.2 Dialogue: A Model of HI-Touch Pastoral Conversation
- 5.3.1 What is a Human Being?
- 5.3.2 Human Integrated and Humanism
- 5.4.1 Homo Dolens
- 5.4.2 Homo Interrogans
- 5.4.3 Homo Historicus
- 5.4.4 Homo Symbolicus
- 5.4.5 The Human Condition in the face of Modern Advancement
- 5.5.1 Mosaic Model: The Wisdom of Jethro (Exodus 18)
- 5.5.2 Give them something to Eat (Luke, 9:13)
- 5.5.3 The Antiochian Example (Acts 11:19–26)
- 5.6.1 HI-Touch Pastoral Approach: Ministry with and beyond the Sacraments
- Summary and Conclusion
- 6.1 Conceptual Application
- 6.2 A HI-Touch Approach to the influx of High-Tech in Nigeria
- 6.3 A HI-Touch Approach in Re-Building the Nation
- 6.4 Pastoral Advocacy: a method in HI-Touch Pastoral
- 6.5 Forming a HI-Touch Theological Hermeneutics: Nigerian Brewed
- 6.6 HI-Touch Homiletics in Nigeria
- 6.7 HI-Touch pastoral in Nigeria: from Mega-Church-Pastoral to Family and Neighbourhood Pastoral
- 6.8 From Mis-Education to HI-Touch-Education
- 6.9 HI-Touch Extra-Liturgical Programs
- 6.10 Drawing up a HI-Touch Pastoral Plan
- Summary and Conclusion
- General Conclusion
- Conciliar Documents
- Pontifical Documents
- Pontifical Special Reports, Episcopal Conferences and other Documents
- Books
- Articles and Journals
- Electronic Works
- Newspapers
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Scope and Projected Objective
- Methodology
- The Structural Scheme
- 1.1 The Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and daily Life: An Overview
- 1.2.1 Pre-Colonial Nigeria: General World-view and Social Structure
- 1.2.2.1 The Igbos
- 1.2.2.2 The Hausa
- 1.2.2.3 The Yoruba
- 1.3.1 The Penetration of all the Tribes of Nigeria
- 1.3.2 Nigerian State: A Child of Colonial Convenience
- 1.3.3 Colonialism and the early Christian Missionaries
- 1.3.4 The colonial system of indirect rule
- 1.4.1 Amalgamation without a Melting Point
- 1.4.2.1 Political Instability
- 1.4.2.2 Tribalism
- 1.4.2.3 Recycling of Poverty
- 1.4.3.1 The Crisis of Language
- 1.4.3.2 Change in dressing styles
- 1.4.4.1 Religious diversity
- 1.4.4.2 The Chameleon Effect
- 1.4.5 Mimicry /Dissimulation: the climax and epitome of all the effects of colonialism
- Summary and Conclusion
- 2.1.1 Globalization: Meaning and impact in Nigeria
- 2.2.1 Pluralism
- 2.2.2 Cultural Hybridization
- 2.2.3 The Politics of Recognition
- 2.2.4 Religion and Religious Fundamentalism
- 2.2.5 High-Tech Culture
- 2.2.6 Urbanization and City- Life
- Summary and Conclusion
- 3.1 The Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council: A Brief Background Story
- 3.2.1 Aggiornamento
- 3.2.2 Ressourcement
- 3.2.3 Development
- 3.3.1.1 Charisms
- 3.3.1.2 Dialogue
- 3.3.2 The Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et spes(GS)
- 3.3.3 Liturgical renewal: Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC)
- 3.3.4 Divine Revelation: Die Verbum (DV)
- 3.5 The Hallmarks of the Second Vatican Council
- 3.6 Other Reactions towards Vatican II
- Summary and Conclusion
- 4.1.1 Ecclesia in Africa
- 4.1.2 Africae Munus
- 4.2 The People of God, Communion and the Family of God
- 4.3 The Church as Communion vis-à-vis the Concept of Community (Umunna bu Ike or Ujamaa) in Africa
- 4.4 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God on Mission
- 4.5.1 Reading the Signs of the Time
- 4.5.2 Authority as Service (Diaconia)
- 4.5.3.1 Inculturation
- 4.5.3.2 Dialogue
- 4.5.3.3 Justice and Peace
- 4.5.3.4 The Use of Modern Social Communication
- 4.5.3.5 The Project of Reconciliation
- 4.6 A Pentecost Church?
- 4.7 The Risk of Commodification of Pastoral Care
- Summary and Conclusion
- 5.1.1 Meaning of HI-Touch
- 5.1.2 John Naisbitt’s use of High Touch
- 5.1.3 HI-Touch: an acronym of Human Integrated Touch
- 5.2.1 HI-Touch Approach as Pastoral Paradigm Changer
- 5.2.2 Dialogue: A Model of HI-Touch Pastoral Conversation
- 5.3.1 What is a Human Being?
- 5.3.2 Human Integrated and Humanism
- 5.4.1 Homo Dolens
- 5.4.2 Homo Interrogans
- 5.4.3 Homo Historicus
- 5.4.4 Homo Symbolicus
- 5.4.5 The Human Condition in the face of Modern Advancement
- 5.5.1 Mosaic Model: The Wisdom of Jethro (Exodus 18)
- 5.5.2 Give them something to Eat (Luke, 9:13)
- 5.5.3 The Antiochian Example (Acts 11:19–26)
- 5.6.1 HI-Touch Pastoral Approach: Ministry with and beyond the Sacraments
- Summary and Conclusion
- 6.1 Conceptual Application
- 6.2 A HI-Touch Approach to the influx of High-Tech in Nigeria
- 6.3 A HI-Touch Approach in Re-Building the Nation
- 6.4 Pastoral Advocacy: a method in HI-Touch Pastoral
- 6.5 Forming a HI-Touch Theological Hermeneutics: Nigerian Brewed
- 6.6 HI-Touch Homiletics in Nigeria
- 6.7 HI-Touch pastoral in Nigeria: from Mega-Church-Pastoral to Family and Neighbourhood Pastoral
- 6.8 From Mis-Education to HI-Touch-Education
- 6.9 HI-Touch Extra-Liturgical Programs
- 6.10 Drawing up a HI-Touch Pastoral Plan
- Summary and Conclusion
- General Conclusion
- Conciliar Documents
- Pontifical Documents
- Pontifical Special Reports, Episcopal Conferences and other Documents
- Books
- Articles and Journals
- Electronic Works
- Newspapers
Chapter Four: The Catholic Church in Nigeria: Connecting What It Should Be with What It Should Do in the Light of the Vatican II Reforms
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Chapter Four: The Catholic Church in Nigeria: Connecting What It Should Be with What It Should Do in the Light of the Vatican II Reforms
In the documents of the Second Vatican Council as illustrated in Chapter three above, the Church outlined a new understanding of itself and its mission in the world. The new understanding was reflected in the four principal documents of the council namely: Lumen gentium, Gaudium et Spes, Sacrosanctum concilium and Dei Verbum. In this chapter we will draw extensively from Lumen gentium and Gaudium et Spes which are most often referred to as the two pillars of the documents of the Council. The first, concerns the nature of the Church; the second, concerns her mission in the world. These two documents will help us to navigate our course here in this chapter in making the connection between what the Church should be and what the Church should do in contemporary Nigeria. These two documents complement each other and could be summarized as being concerned with “being” (what the Church is: Lumen Gentium) and ‘doing’, (what the Church should do in the modern world: Gaudium et Spes). The nature of the Church or the image of the Church or what Avery Dulles calls the “models of the Church”1 most often affects what the Church does pastorally. To make the connection between what the Church should be and what the Church should do in Nigeria in union with the universal Church, requires some hermeneutics...
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Or login to access all content.- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Scope and Projected Objective
- Methodology
- The Structural Scheme
- 1.1 The Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and daily Life: An Overview
- 1.2.1 Pre-Colonial Nigeria: General World-view and Social Structure
- 1.2.2.1 The Igbos
- 1.2.2.2 The Hausa
- 1.2.2.3 The Yoruba
- 1.3.1 The Penetration of all the Tribes of Nigeria
- 1.3.2 Nigerian State: A Child of Colonial Convenience
- 1.3.3 Colonialism and the early Christian Missionaries
- 1.3.4 The colonial system of indirect rule
- 1.4.1 Amalgamation without a Melting Point
- 1.4.2.1 Political Instability
- 1.4.2.2 Tribalism
- 1.4.2.3 Recycling of Poverty
- 1.4.3.1 The Crisis of Language
- 1.4.3.2 Change in dressing styles
- 1.4.4.1 Religious diversity
- 1.4.4.2 The Chameleon Effect
- 1.4.5 Mimicry /Dissimulation: the climax and epitome of all the effects of colonialism
- Summary and Conclusion
- 2.1.1 Globalization: Meaning and impact in Nigeria
- 2.2.1 Pluralism
- 2.2.2 Cultural Hybridization
- 2.2.3 The Politics of Recognition
- 2.2.4 Religion and Religious Fundamentalism
- 2.2.5 High-Tech Culture
- 2.2.6 Urbanization and City- Life
- Summary and Conclusion
- 3.1 The Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council: A Brief Background Story
- 3.2.1 Aggiornamento
- 3.2.2 Ressourcement
- 3.2.3 Development
- 3.3.1.1 Charisms
- 3.3.1.2 Dialogue
- 3.3.2 The Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et spes(GS)
- 3.3.3 Liturgical renewal: Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC)
- 3.3.4 Divine Revelation: Die Verbum (DV)
- 3.5 The Hallmarks of the Second Vatican Council
- 3.6 Other Reactions towards Vatican II
- Summary and Conclusion
- 4.1.1 Ecclesia in Africa
- 4.1.2 Africae Munus
- 4.2 The People of God, Communion and the Family of God
- 4.3 The Church as Communion vis-à-vis the Concept of Community (Umunna bu Ike or Ujamaa) in Africa
- 4.4 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God on Mission
- 4.5.1 Reading the Signs of the Time
- 4.5.2 Authority as Service (Diaconia)
- 4.5.3.1 Inculturation
- 4.5.3.2 Dialogue
- 4.5.3.3 Justice and Peace
- 4.5.3.4 The Use of Modern Social Communication
- 4.5.3.5 The Project of Reconciliation
- 4.6 A Pentecost Church?
- 4.7 The Risk of Commodification of Pastoral Care
- Summary and Conclusion
- 5.1.1 Meaning of HI-Touch
- 5.1.2 John Naisbitt’s use of High Touch
- 5.1.3 HI-Touch: an acronym of Human Integrated Touch
- 5.2.1 HI-Touch Approach as Pastoral Paradigm Changer
- 5.2.2 Dialogue: A Model of HI-Touch Pastoral Conversation
- 5.3.1 What is a Human Being?
- 5.3.2 Human Integrated and Humanism
- 5.4.1 Homo Dolens
- 5.4.2 Homo Interrogans
- 5.4.3 Homo Historicus
- 5.4.4 Homo Symbolicus
- 5.4.5 The Human Condition in the face of Modern Advancement
- 5.5.1 Mosaic Model: The Wisdom of Jethro (Exodus 18)
- 5.5.2 Give them something to Eat (Luke, 9:13)
- 5.5.3 The Antiochian Example (Acts 11:19–26)
- 5.6.1 HI-Touch Pastoral Approach: Ministry with and beyond the Sacraments
- Summary and Conclusion
- 6.1 Conceptual Application
- 6.2 A HI-Touch Approach to the influx of High-Tech in Nigeria
- 6.3 A HI-Touch Approach in Re-Building the Nation
- 6.4 Pastoral Advocacy: a method in HI-Touch Pastoral
- 6.5 Forming a HI-Touch Theological Hermeneutics: Nigerian Brewed
- 6.6 HI-Touch Homiletics in Nigeria
- 6.7 HI-Touch pastoral in Nigeria: from Mega-Church-Pastoral to Family and Neighbourhood Pastoral
- 6.8 From Mis-Education to HI-Touch-Education
- 6.9 HI-Touch Extra-Liturgical Programs
- 6.10 Drawing up a HI-Touch Pastoral Plan
- Summary and Conclusion
- General Conclusion
- Conciliar Documents
- Pontifical Documents
- Pontifical Special Reports, Episcopal Conferences and other Documents
- Books
- Articles and Journals
- Electronic Works
- Newspapers
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Scope and Projected Objective
- Methodology
- The Structural Scheme
- 1.1 The Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and daily Life: An Overview
- 1.2.1 Pre-Colonial Nigeria: General World-view and Social Structure
- 1.2.2.1 The Igbos
- 1.2.2.2 The Hausa
- 1.2.2.3 The Yoruba
- 1.3.1 The Penetration of all the Tribes of Nigeria
- 1.3.2 Nigerian State: A Child of Colonial Convenience
- 1.3.3 Colonialism and the early Christian Missionaries
- 1.3.4 The colonial system of indirect rule
- 1.4.1 Amalgamation without a Melting Point
- 1.4.2.1 Political Instability
- 1.4.2.2 Tribalism
- 1.4.2.3 Recycling of Poverty
- 1.4.3.1 The Crisis of Language
- 1.4.3.2 Change in dressing styles
- 1.4.4.1 Religious diversity
- 1.4.4.2 The Chameleon Effect
- 1.4.5 Mimicry /Dissimulation: the climax and epitome of all the effects of colonialism
- Summary and Conclusion
- 2.1.1 Globalization: Meaning and impact in Nigeria
- 2.2.1 Pluralism
- 2.2.2 Cultural Hybridization
- 2.2.3 The Politics of Recognition
- 2.2.4 Religion and Religious Fundamentalism
- 2.2.5 High-Tech Culture
- 2.2.6 Urbanization and City- Life
- Summary and Conclusion
- 3.1 The Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council: A Brief Background Story
- 3.2.1 Aggiornamento
- 3.2.2 Ressourcement
- 3.2.3 Development
- 3.3.1.1 Charisms
- 3.3.1.2 Dialogue
- 3.3.2 The Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et spes(GS)
- 3.3.3 Liturgical renewal: Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC)
- 3.3.4 Divine Revelation: Die Verbum (DV)
- 3.5 The Hallmarks of the Second Vatican Council
- 3.6 Other Reactions towards Vatican II
- Summary and Conclusion
- 4.1.1 Ecclesia in Africa
- 4.1.2 Africae Munus
- 4.2 The People of God, Communion and the Family of God
- 4.3 The Church as Communion vis-à-vis the Concept of Community (Umunna bu Ike or Ujamaa) in Africa
- 4.4 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God on Mission
- 4.5.1 Reading the Signs of the Time
- 4.5.2 Authority as Service (Diaconia)
- 4.5.3.1 Inculturation
- 4.5.3.2 Dialogue
- 4.5.3.3 Justice and Peace
- 4.5.3.4 The Use of Modern Social Communication
- 4.5.3.5 The Project of Reconciliation
- 4.6 A Pentecost Church?
- 4.7 The Risk of Commodification of Pastoral Care
- Summary and Conclusion
- 5.1.1 Meaning of HI-Touch
- 5.1.2 John Naisbitt’s use of High Touch
- 5.1.3 HI-Touch: an acronym of Human Integrated Touch
- 5.2.1 HI-Touch Approach as Pastoral Paradigm Changer
- 5.2.2 Dialogue: A Model of HI-Touch Pastoral Conversation
- 5.3.1 What is a Human Being?
- 5.3.2 Human Integrated and Humanism
- 5.4.1 Homo Dolens
- 5.4.2 Homo Interrogans
- 5.4.3 Homo Historicus
- 5.4.4 Homo Symbolicus
- 5.4.5 The Human Condition in the face of Modern Advancement
- 5.5.1 Mosaic Model: The Wisdom of Jethro (Exodus 18)
- 5.5.2 Give them something to Eat (Luke, 9:13)
- 5.5.3 The Antiochian Example (Acts 11:19–26)
- 5.6.1 HI-Touch Pastoral Approach: Ministry with and beyond the Sacraments
- Summary and Conclusion
- 6.1 Conceptual Application
- 6.2 A HI-Touch Approach to the influx of High-Tech in Nigeria
- 6.3 A HI-Touch Approach in Re-Building the Nation
- 6.4 Pastoral Advocacy: a method in HI-Touch Pastoral
- 6.5 Forming a HI-Touch Theological Hermeneutics: Nigerian Brewed
- 6.6 HI-Touch Homiletics in Nigeria
- 6.7 HI-Touch pastoral in Nigeria: from Mega-Church-Pastoral to Family and Neighbourhood Pastoral
- 6.8 From Mis-Education to HI-Touch-Education
- 6.9 HI-Touch Extra-Liturgical Programs
- 6.10 Drawing up a HI-Touch Pastoral Plan
- Summary and Conclusion
- General Conclusion
- Conciliar Documents
- Pontifical Documents
- Pontifical Special Reports, Episcopal Conferences and other Documents
- Books
- Articles and Journals
- Electronic Works
- Newspapers