THE INTERACTION OF CHRISTIANITY WITH IKA CULTURE:

A REFLECTION

Banwune Ejime D.

Department of Christian Religious Studies,

College of Education, Agbor

Delta State, Nigeria

Email: ejimebanwune@tahoo.com

Abstract

This paper examines the interaction of Christianity with Ika culture: A reflection. The method used this study are historical and oral interview. The paper discovered among other things that prior to the introduction of Christianity in Ika land that the Ika people were traditional practitioners that is; they practiced traditional religion like their counterparts in Africa where worship is directed to the Supreme Beings. It also discovered that the people have a rich cultural heritage. Some of these cultures are crude and inhuman while others lead to human development and can be sustained side by side with Christianity and are meaningful to human race. This paper while acknowledging the effort of the Christian missioners for their laudable achievements in Ika land. It also recommends that Ika traditional come cultures should be preserved for human value.  

Keywords: Christianity, Traditional religion and Cultural Heritage.