Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context

Cajetan E. Ebuziem is the author of three previous books: Facing the Born-Again Phenomenon in the Church (1996), The Power of Anointing (2000), and Let's Speak Latin (2001). He has also written a host of scholarly articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and websites. He is a priest of the Okigwe Diocese in Nigeria, where he ministered for seven years before coming to the United States to explore more areas of growth in his ministry. He completed his studies at the Catholic Theological Union at Chicago where he graduated as Doctor of Ministry. He is a scholar and currently engages in active ministry with the diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

«This book aims to develop a pattern of Christian Ministry compatible and consonant with the peoples' values. The values [Ebuziem] explores are the Igbo values of solidarity (...). In my view the author presents one of the most comprehensive treatments of inculturation I am aware of, targeting the core of the church's evangelization enterprise (...). This book does great service to the Church.» (Excerpt from the Foreword, Monsignor Theophilus Okere, President Whelan Research Academy for Religion, Culture and Society, Owerri, Nigeria)
«Cajetan E. Ebuziem was born and grew up among the Igbo people and so has an intimate understanding of and insight into the characteristics of these people. Igbo people have a strong sense of community and are supportive of one another. His main idea is that the peaceful, friendly, loving nature of the Igbo people better enables them to live the Beatitudes and follow in Christ's footsteps and, because of this, they have the potential to influence not only Africa but the entire world.» (Professor Joseph L. Borowitz, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana)
«This book has a great academic quality. It is a well-researched and organized text with profound theological and cultural background. Above all, it has a great practical conviction that is all embracing, not based on the balance of probability, but beyond reasonable doubt. Life and work differ from man to man, year to year, from day to day, and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not life and work in a general sense, but the specific contributions of each at a given moment in life.» (Fr. Bartholomew Ibeh, Alexandria, Louisiana)
«Under the framework of practical theology, this book proposes a model as well as a method, though springing forth from the Igbo 'sitz in leben', it is truly African. This model and method, if applied in the ministry will take the gospel to the grassroots. It is a well researched and articulated work. I commend the originality.» (Fr.