Cover -- Acknowledgement -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Scope and Projected Objective -- Methodology -- The Structural Scheme -- Chapter One: The Anatomy of the Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and Daily Life in Nigeria -- 1.1 The Problem of the Insufficient Organic Link between Faith and daily Life: An Overview -- 1.2 Tracing the Roots of the Problem -- 1.2.1 Pre-Colonial Nigeria: General World-view and Social Structure -- 1.2.2 Nigerian Major Tribes -- 1.2.2.1 The Igbos -- 1.2.2.2 The Hausa -- 1.2.2.3 The Yoruba -- 1.3 The Project of Colonialism: The Myth of Nte and its Invader ("Ihe ka Nte biakwutere Nte") -- 1.3.1 The Penetration of all the Tribes of Nigeria -- 1.3.2 Nigerian State: A Child of Colonial Convenience -- 1.3.3 Colonialism and the early Christian Missionaries -- 1.3.4 The colonial system of indirect rule -- 1.4 Ripple Effects of the Colonial Convenience -- 1.4.1 Amalgamation without a Melting Point -- 1.4.2 Socio-Political Consequences -- 1.4.2.1 Political Instability -- 1.4.2.2 Tribalism -- 1.4.2.3 Recycling of Poverty -- 1.4.3 Socio-cultural Consequences -- 1.4.3.1 The Crisis of Language -- 1.4.3.2 Change in dressing styles -- 1.4.4 Religious Consequences -- 1.4.4.1 Religious diversity -- 1.4.4.2 The Chameleon Effect -- 1.4.5 Mimicry /Dissimulation: the climax and epitome of all the effects of colonialism -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter Two: Nigeria in the 21st Century and the Emerging Challenges -- 2.1 21st Century: An Overview -- 2.1.1 Globalization: Meaning and impact in Nigeria -- 2.2 Other social features of the 21st Century: Their outlooks and impacts in Nigeria -- 2.2.1 Pluralism -- 2.2.2 Cultural Hybridization -- 2.2.3 The Politics of Recognition -- 2.2.4 Religion and Religious Fundamentalism -- 2.2.5 High-Tech Culture.

2.2.6 Urbanization and City- Life -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter Three: The Catholic Church in the 21st Century -- 3.1 The Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council: A Brief Background Story -- 3.2 The Inauguration of the Second Vatican Council -- 3.2.1 "Aggiornamento" -- 3.2.2 "Ressourcement" -- 3.2.3 "Development" -- 3.3 Paradigms of Change in the Second Vatican Council's documents -- 3.3.1 The Church as the People of God: "Lumen Gentium (LG)" -- 3.3.1.1 Charisms -- 3.3.1.2 Dialogue -- 3.3.2 The Church in the Modern World: "Gaudium et spes(GS)" -- 3.3.3 Liturgical renewal: "Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC)" -- 3.3.4 Divine Revelation: "Die Verbum (DV)" -- 3.5 The Hallmarks of the Second Vatican Council -- 3.6 Other Reactions towards Vatican II -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter Four: The Catholic Church in Nigeria: Connecting What It Should Be with What It Should Do in the Light of the Vatican II Reforms -- 4.1 A Review of the Two Synods: "Ecclesia" in Africa and "Africae Munus" -- 4.1.1 "Ecclesia" in Africa -- 4.1.2 "Africae" Munus -- 4.2 The People of God, Communion and the Family of God -- 4.3 The Church as Communion vis-à-vis the Concept of Community ("Umunna bu Ike or Ujamaa") in Africa -- 4.4 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God on Mission -- 4.5 What the Church should do: Highlighting the Pastoral Proposals from the Second Vatican Council to the African Synods -- 4.5.1 Reading the Signs of the Time -- 4.5.2 Authority as Service ("Diaconia") -- 4.5.3 The Mission to Evangelize -- 4.5.3.1 Inculturation -- 4.5.3.2 Dialogue -- 4.5.3.3 Justice and Peace -- 4.5.3.4 The Use of Modern Social Communication -- 4.5.3.5 The Project of Reconciliation -- 4.6 A Pentecost Church? -- 4.7 The Risk of Commodification of Pastoral Care -- Summary and Conclusion.

Chapter Five: HI-Touch Pastoral approach in the 21st Century Nigeria: A Conceptualization -- 5.1 Conceptualization of HI-Touch -- 5.1.1 Meaning of HI-Touch -- 5.1.2 John Naisbitt's use of High Touch -- 5.1.3 HI-Touch: an acronym of Human Integrated Touch -- 5.2 HI-Touch: A New Order of Human Relations Rooted in the Vatican II Pastoral -- 5.2.1 HI-Touch Approach as Pastoral Paradigm Changer -- 5.2.2 Dialogue: A Model of HI-Touch Pastoral Conversation -- 5.3 Being Human and Human Integrated (HI-Touch) -- 5.3.1 What is a Human Being? -- 5.3.2 Human Integrated and Humanism -- 5.4 The Human Condition and the HI-Touch Approach -- 5.4.1 "Homo Dolens" -- 5.4.2 "Homo Interrogans" -- 5.4.3 "Homo Historicus" -- 5.4.4 "Homo Symbolicus" -- 5.4.5 The Human Condition in the face of Modern Advancement -- 5.5 Models of HI-Touch in the Scripture -- 5.5.1 Mosaic Model: The Wisdom of Jethro (Exodus 18) -- 5.5.2 Give them something to Eat (Luke, 9:13) -- 5.5.3 The Antiochian Example (Acts 11:19-26) -- 5.6 HI-Touch Pastoral Praxis -- 5.6.1 HI-Touch Pastoral Approach: Ministry with and beyond the Sacraments -- Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter Six: Application: HI-Touch Pastoral Praxis in Nigeria -- 6.1 Conceptual Application -- 6.2 A HI-Touch Approach to the influx of High-Tech in Nigeria -- 6.3 A HI-Touch Approach in Re-Building the Nation -- 6.4 Pastoral Advocacy: a method in HI-Touch Pastoral -- 6.5 Forming a HI-Touch Theological Hermeneutics: Nigerian Brewed -- 6.6 HI-Touch Homiletics in Nigeria -- 6.7 HI-Touch pastoral in Nigeria: from Mega-Church-Pastoral to Family and Neighbourhood Pastoral -- 6.8 From Mis-Education to HI-Touch-Education -- 6.9 HI-Touch Extra-Liturgical Programs -- 6.10 Drawing up a HI-Touch Pastoral Plan -- Summary and Conclusion -- General Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Ecclesiastical Sources -- Conciliar Documents -- Pontifical Documents.

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