{"id":15355,"date":"2017-03-14T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T10:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15355"},"modified":"2017-04-26T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:58:08","slug":"ilogu-rev-canon-edmund-chistopher-onyedum","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ilogu-rev-canon-edmund-chistopher-onyedum\/","title":{"rendered":"ILOGU, (Rev. Canon) Edmund Chistopher Onyedum"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theologian, broadcaster, former chairman Anam bra State Teachers&#8217; Service Commis sion; former Reader in Religion and Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Born at Ihiala in Anambra State April 25, 1920; Education: Den nis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1935-38; Melville Hall Theological College, Ibadan, 1947- 48; London College of Divinity, University of London, 1851-53, Union Theological Seminary, New ,- York, 1957-58, got Master of Sacred Theology (STM) Columbia Univer sity, New York City, 1958-59; State University of Leiden, Netherlands, 1973-74; head, christian broadcasting Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, Lagos, August 1959-July 1961; warden- ln-charge Independence Hall, University of Ibadan, 1961-1966 senior lecturer, University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1966-1973; has been asso ciate, London College of Divinity; Executive member, International Conference on the Sociology of Religion; member. International Association for Mission Studies, member, American Associa tion on African Studies, appoin ted Reader in Religion and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Niukka, 1973&#8211; 1975; became chairman Anambra State Teachers&#8217; Service Commission; author of &#8220;West Meets East&#8221; (1955) &#8220;Social Philosophy for the New Nige rian Nation&#8221;, (1962); &#8220;Christianity and Ibo Culture, (1974); Married and has eight children, five ions and three daughters. Hobby: dancing, lawn tennis, gardening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15355","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}