THE RELIGIOUS PRAXES OF “ONYE NA ‘CHI’ YA” IN THE IGBO COSMOLOGY

Résumé

The correlations and arguments between religion and reason have been serially intriguing both within the social and academic circles. Religiosity has gone too far in the history of mankind that man seems unable to live without religion. Religious praxes of “onye na chi ya” in the Igbo cosmology is an unbiased investigation into the history of Igbo people who are occupying the southeastern and some parts of the south southern part of Nigeria. The study also delves into the hermeneutics foundations of the concept of praxis vis-à-vis theory of personal destiny, guardian angel and mobile god (“chi”) belief system in Igbo worldview. The study analyzes the impacts and results of the “chi” on the possessors’ belief system in Igbo land and it seeks to unearth how it has reshaped the worldviews and general existence of the people.