Elijah Obinna currently lives in Scotland where he serves as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was formerly a senior lecturer and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution, Arochukwu (in affiliation with Abia State University, Uturu), Abia State, Nigeria and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA (2011–2012). Obinna obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor of Christianity in the Modern World: Changes and Controversies (2014); and author of Scottish Missionaries in Nigeria: Foundation, Transformation and Development, 1927–1944 (2013) and many articles and book chapters in learned publications.

• Introduction1 Historical and Socio-Political Background2 Ritual Processes and the Ogo Society3 Implications of Initiation into the Ogo Society4 Locating the United Presbyterian Church (UPC) Within Local and Global Landscapes 5 Religious Conversion: Transition and Transmission 6 Negotiating Culture and Identity7 Towards Dialogue: Christianity and the Ogo Society8 Theoretical Reflections on the Ogo Society

Elijah Obinna currently lives in Scotland where he serves as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was formerly a senior lecturer and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Hugh Goldie Lay/Theological Training Institution, Arochukwu (in affiliation with Abia State University, Uturu), Abia State, Nigeria and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA (2011–2012). Obinna obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor of Christianity in the Modern World: Changes and Controversies (2014); and author of Scottish Missionaries in Nigeria: Foundation, Transformation and Development, 1927–1944 (2013) and many articles and book chapters in learned publications.

• Introduction1 Historical and Socio-Political Background2 Ritual Processes and the Ogo Society3 Implications of Initiation into the Ogo Society4 Locating the United Presbyterian Church (UPC) Within Local and Global Landscapes 5 Religious Conversion: Transition and Transmission 6 Negotiating Culture and Identity7 Towards Dialogue: Christianity and the Ogo Society8 Theoretical Reflections on the Ogo Society