EAN: 9783034302401

DANCING TO THE POST-MODERN TUNE - TOBIAS OKORO ...

Is post-modern society devoid of sacramentality or a sense of the sacred? This question is
central to the challenges posed by revolutionary post-modern sensibilities that tend to render
the rites for the celebration of the sacraments obsolete and irrelevant. To address this issue
the author applies the post-modern emphasis on plurality and radical particularity to the
communal dimension of traditional societies exemplified in the worldview of the Igbo people of
Southeast Nigeria to shed light on the liturgical celebration of reconciliation in the Church
today. The contention is that the sacraments are multi-vocal symbols that cannot command the
same meaning in different contexts. In this connection  this book provides a clear notion of
the theological foundation  principle and framework of the sacrament of reconciliation and
offers a practical guide for its authentic liturgical celebration in a plural context. Its
argument is that all are being summoned to interpersonal encounter through dialogue  or a
relationship founded on mutual recognition and respect for difference. On this basis  the book
proposes possible reconciliation rites drawn from the Igbo communal existence that have the
capacity to accommodate people with other faith perspectives in a common liturgical celebration
of the sacrament of reconciliation.

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