J. L. Austin’s Concept of ”Performative Word”: A Systematic Theological Analysis in Sacramental Theology and in Igbo Traditiona

In what may seem as comparative religious studies, this work intends to undertake theological investigations in contemporary Black Africa with the Igbo tribe of south-east Nigeria as a case-study. This theological investigations are based on J.L. Austin's concept of performative word, and to be analyzed in the context of sacramental theology and the Igbo traditional religion, and then to give this concept a pastoral relevance in such a way that the use of Igbo word would be performative in evangelization among the Igbo themselves.

Alexander Chukwujindum Uzoh is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi Nigeria, and was ordained a catholic priest in 1998. Born in 1970 in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government in Anambra State, his journey to the catholic priesthood began in 1982. After successfully completing his secondary school at All Hallows’ Seminary Onitsha he proceeded to Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu where in 1994 he obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and in 1998, Bachelor’s in Theology both from the Pontifical Urban University Rome. He has also a Diploma in Latin and a doctorate degree from LMU Munich. As a priest the author continues to work in different capacities for God and humanity.