COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MONOTHEISTIC NATURE OF GOD IN CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION - THE IGBO CONTEXT
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MONOTHEISTIC NATURE OF GOD IN CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION: THE IGBO CONTEXT CHAPTER ONE: PRELIMINARIES AND DEFINITION OF TERMS Background of the Study If the abridged Catechism of Christian Doctrine defines God as “The Supreme Spirit, who alone exists of himself, and is infinite in all perfection”, it becomes undoubtedly clear that God is essentially one since we cannot logically have more than one necessary being in the nature of God. So, to talk about polytheism for a religion that conceives God this way is to fall under the error of gross misconception. This situation is not far from a reality when we examine the various interpretations and conclusions made on the nature of God in African Traditional Religion. Often times, the argument is centred on the invocation of the ancestors and the divinities in this religion. Many an interpreter perhaps, being influenced by the Western prejudice, takes these divinities and ancestors to