091-2230-8145     |      dataprojectng@gmail.com
1

1. ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS REGARDING RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Nigeria is a multi – ethnic country which means that, there are diversified interests of individual due to differences in tribes, culture and religion. It is hard for each individual with a religious consciousness to respect the interest of the other since the other might force such interest on the former. However, religious conflict was never known in history, since each country is still battling with it. Hence, killings and destruction of lives and properties are st...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

2. IMPACTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN NNEWI

25 Student Researchers

 ABSTRACT

Christianity as a religion has affected all spheres of life among the people of Nigeria.   A careful study of the religious background of the Nnewi people will show that Christianity has found its way into both the urban and rural areas of the Nnewi society.This study is aimed at looking into the relevance of Christianity in the development of the Nnewi nation. For better understanding of the project, a brief introduction t...

1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

3. THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN ENSURING PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE SOCIETY

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out  on examine the role of church in ensuring peace and harmony in the society using selected churches in Imo state as the Case study. To carry out the study, 3 research questions were posed. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study was carried out in Imo state. The population of the study comprised of all the members of selected churches in Imo State. The population size of the study was 120 participants. The in...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

4. CONSEQUENCES OF POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGE ON CHRISTIAN HOME

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This work and research carried out by the researcher has brought new awareness to the issue of Christians and polygamy. In this work the researcher directed his attention towards the dweller and indigenes of Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. According to the information conveyed from the research carried out, it was observed that the consequence of polygamy on Christian is pertinent. The researcher made use of questionnaire to sample the opinion...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

5. IMMORALITY IN CHURCHES: ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD

25 Student Researchers

Abstracts

The study examines immorality in churches: issues and the way forward. Specifically, the study aims to examine the issues of immorality in churches, determine the way forward on the issue of church immorality and identify the factors encouraging immorality in churches.The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 141 responses were validated from the survey. From the responses obtained and analyzed, the findings revealed that immora...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

6. THE BIBLICAL EXAMINATION OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIVISIONS IN THE CHURCHES

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

The main aim of the research is to determine if the difference in belief is the major cause of church division, the study made use of primary data from the information obtained from the distribution of research questionnaire. The study made use of a total population of 200. The sample of 133 was considered for the study, the data hypothesis was analyzed using the chi-square method. The study concluded that the difference in belief is the major cause of chu...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

7. THE ROLE OF CHURCH LEADERS IN GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF A CHURCH

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the role of church leaders in the growth and survival of a church. Other objectives were to identify the functions and duties of church leaders in a church and also to identify the other factors militating against church growth and survival. The research design adopted for this work is cross –sectional survey and descriptive analysis on a randomly selected sample of the different categories of church leaders (Bish...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

8. YOUTH LIFE STYLE AND CHURCH GROWTH

25 Student Researchers

    1. Statement of the problem

One key problem is the inability to examine youth life style and church growth.Another problem is how best to measure numerical growth. A variety of indicators for attendance and occasional offices are available, but all are affected to some degree by measurement error and random fluctuations. Such variability poses particular problems with small churches, where the addition or subtraction of ju...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

9. THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES ON THE MORALS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This research discusses the impact of Christian religious studies on the morals of secondary school students in selected secondary schools in Jos, plateau State. It discussed the societal value that Nigeria is a country that is plagued with misplaced value. Questionnaire was employed in the collection of data from selected secondary schools and the response was impressive. Correlation coefficient was employed in testing the hypothesis to know the degree of...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

10. THEISM AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: A CRITICAL STUDY

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The presence of evil in a world said to be created by a “Being” who is not only omnipotent, omniscience and perfectly good is problematic. It is a problem that has perturbed man for ages and coupled with various natural disaster still make the concept problematic one. How can there be a loving God, all-powerful and all-knowing God and still face the problem of evil, if really he is perfectly good and created everything then where does evil orig...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

11. ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES OF DEVIATION FROM ISLAMIC PRACTICES AMONG THE CONTEMPORARY MUSLIMS OF THE NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

This research entitled: ―Assessment of the causes of deviation from Islamic practices among the contemporary Muslims of the North-West Nigeria was motivated by the proliferation of uncompromising groups among Muslims, each with its peculiar forms of deviation. It is an attempt to assess the causes of deviation among Muslims in the North-West Nigeria. The study therefore, adopted the survey research design. Two self-structured questionnaires formulated based on the research...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

12. ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE CURRICULUM IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

This study titled ―Assessment of the Implementation of Christian Religious Knowledge Curriculum in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna state‖ examined the extent to which the curriculum has been implemented and its impact on the academic and moral growth of students. It as well examined the influence of teachers and environment on the implantation of the curriculum. The study was borne out of the growing perceptions which attributed students‘ failure in external examin...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

13. A DISCOURSE ON TRADITIONAL CIRCUMCISION IN MODERN EBONYI STATE SUB-CULTURAL ZONE OF IGBOLAND

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The dissertation is titled: “A Discourse on Traditional Circumcision in Modern Northeastern Sub-cultural Zone of Igboland”. The background is dependent on the sorry state of affairs in Northeastern Igboland as occasioned by circumcision. A situation where the traditionalists had to attach all the social, economic, political, cultural and religious privileges to ritual circumcision which is the rite to adulthood, calls for investigation. This insistence brought a...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

14. A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF CHRISTIANITY AND EKWULOBIA CULTURE, 1913-2013

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Ekwulobia is one of the towns that benefitted from the coming of the European missionaries and their religion, Christianity in 1913. Christianity is no longer a new phenomenon in Ekwulobia. The process of Christianization in Ekwulobia which brought these two different religions and culture into contact and conflicts experienced reciprocal shocks. Agha (1996) stated that conflicts are abound to occur when the old and new meet because each will...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

15. A RELIGIOUS RESPONSE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN BORNO STATE OF NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

Several discourses, theses, dissertations and other research works on the social, political, economic, psychological as well as health-related issues on internally displaced persons exist. While these discourses are of immense importance, there is a dearth of literature on the religious response to the plights of internally placed persons (IDPs) in Borno State, North East Nigeria. Displacement in North East is caused mainly by terrorism which has led to the dislodgement of...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

16. AN EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (LUKE 16-19-31) IN THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Poverty with its concomitant effects of alienation, marginalization and dependency poses serious challenge to Nigerian society. The increasing incidence of poverty in Nigeria in spite of various efforts used by a range of poverty-related programmes and schemes in the country is really an irony. It is a paradox in the sense that Nigeria is endowed with great potentials that is capable of making it a poverty free nation yet a huge number of Nig...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

17. ANCESTRAL CULT AS A DEMONSTRATION OF COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS IN IGBO TRADITIONAL SOCIETY

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Igbo Traditional Religion is the religion that Igbo ancestors handed over to generations after them. This religion has no clear historical origin like Christianity and Islam. It is truism then that the Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria recognize the place of their ancestors as well as indulge in some socio-cultural cum religious ceremonies in their honour. Several kindred, communal and clan celebrations cut across Igbo land show-casing this reve...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

18. ANGLICANISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF SEXUAL ABERRATIONS- THE RESPONSE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Religion has always been the main motivator of morality from the inception of the human society. In fulfilling this task, however, there have always been areas of tension and friction, as human beings though receptive to moral values and religious tenets, do not totally keep to the demands of religion. Groups and individuals at times tend to unduly revise and re-appraise beliefs and values in the process of readjusting and re-aligning religi...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

19. APPRAISAL OF ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH ABIODUN ADETILOYE’S PRIMACY IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF NIGERIA 1988-1999

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

Archbishop Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye from Odo-Owa in the present Ekiti State was the second Nigerian primate after the Most Rev. T.O. Olufosoye. His primacy captured the attention of the research because, his, could be said to have given or aroused the interest of the entire Anglicans in Nigeria of what having autonomous province means in terms of breakthroughs and treading where Angels could not. The purpose of the research was to appraise, assess or evaluate the administra...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

20. BIBLE TRANSLATION IN ANGLICAN MISSIONARY EXPANSION IN IGBOLAND NIGERIA, 1857–1960- A SOCIO-CULTURAL EVALUATION

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

It is not an assumption that many indigenous languages are facing the challenge of relevance in the contemporary global missionary and religious expressions. The Igbo language, for instance is seemingly on the brinks, inspite of the early efforts made by the Anglican (CMS) missionary agents, to translate the Bible for effective communication and expansion of the Gospel among the Igbo people. Unfortunately, many people still celebrate and pro...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

21. CHALLENGES TO IGBO TRADITIONAL RELIGIO-CULTURAL RENAISSANCE IN THE MIDST OF GLOBALIZATION

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The issue of revival of Igbo culture has become a major concern to Igbo scholars and cultural revivalists. The Igbo cultural values are collapsing and new trendsemerging as a result of the pernicious influence of globalization. Apart from deviating from societal norms, crime, insincerity, insecurity, disregard for human life, lack of respect for elders, indecent dressing and so forth have also been on the increase as a result of de-emphasis on tradition. The disappearance o...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

22. CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM AND VIOLENCE ON TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS ARTIFACTS IN IGBOLAND, 2000-2017: A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The fundamental obligation of Christianity is for Christians to preach the gospel for the purpose of conversion. In Igboland, the quest for evangelism has been on the increase with Christians becoming more passionate to carry out the work of evangelism. However, one thing that is very disturbing is that some crusades organized in Igboland are characterized with stories of violent attacks and destruction of traditional religious artifacts. The reasons adduced for these attac...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

23. CHRISTIAN KNIGHTHOOD IN THE DIOCESE ON THE NIGER ANGLICAN COMMUNION, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

The emergence of knighthood in the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion was seen as weird and unchristian institution. It started like a seedling on the soil of the Church of Nigeria sown by the bishops of the Anglican Communion. During investiture into the Order, the members are meant to make a vow to uphold and defend the church. In her early beginnings in the Diocese on the Niger, the order received ill-treatments because of its physical...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

24. CHRISTIAN OZO TITLE-TAKING’ AND LEADERSHIP- THE STUDY OF THE IGBO PEOPLE OF OZUBULU, ANAMBRA STATE-NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Ozo title-taking is an interesting cultural practice in Igbo-land. This title-taking was the brain cchild of the traditionalists. But with time there was a serious transformation in it to accommodate the Christians. Thus, this work focuses more on the transformed Ozo title-taking which began from the mid 80s till date. The Ozo titled members are seen as people with integrity and high moral character within the town. They are selected for lea...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

25. CLAPHAM ANTI-SLAVERY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT, 1773-1833 AN APPROACH TO THE ERADICATION OF MODERN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background of the Study

Slavery cum slave trade was a constituent part of the social system in Africa as in other parts of the world. During the old slavery era, people became slaves as a result of economic default, seizure as war captives, purchase and voluntary submission among other reasons. According to Falk (1997), “Whether in Niger Delta, in Igbo country, or in Yoruba land, slaves were the principal source of investment to indicate wealth” (p.96)....

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

26. DEMON POSSESSION AND EXORCISM: THE IGBO PERSPECTIVE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The modern man lives in a skeptical age, one which finds the very idea of personified evil spirits to be a superstitious remnant of the Middle Ages. Those people or religious traditionists, who believe in the existence of the demons, are often ridiculed as being out of touch with the accepted trend. The contemporary Western mentality, is that demonic possession is merely the result of an inadequate social environment or due to purely psychological factors; causes which can...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

27. ETHICAL EVALUATION OF THE IMPACTS OF MINING IN EBONYI STATE NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

This dissertation titled “ethical evaluation of the impacts of mining in Ebonyi State Nigeria” was carried out to find the extent to which mining operations in Ebonyi State were consistent with named ethical principles. It was geared towards unearthing the history of mining in Ebonyi State, examining the impacts of mining in Ebonyi State and the factors responsible for the impacts, evaluating the impacts of mining in the light of some ethical principles and ways...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

28. ETHICAL RE-ORIENTATION AND THE QUEST FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Nigeria is going through hard and perilous times. Nigeria is not alone in these challenges but it is a sad and pity to observe.According to Folaranmi (2012): Mention anything negative; corruption, violation of human rights, fallen standard of education, electoral malpractices, epileptic power outage, incessant strikes, lack of security of lives and properties, unemployment, fraud, greed and the rest, Nigeria is in the forefront. (p.vii). The...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

29. ETHICS OF VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

This study is intended to examine the high scale and increasing frequency of violence witnessed in Nigeria today. As a study in ethics, it is mainly concerned with examining how peoples of Nigeria evaluate the rightness and wrongness of violence. It will further determine if there are socio-cultural, political, ethnic, psychological or religious reasons, the different groups of people in Nigeria use in justifying or rejecting violence. The study employed the use of quantita...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

30. ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS, MASS MEDIA AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE NORTHERN NIGERIA EXPERIENCE

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This study has examined the extent to which the mass media serves as instrument of escalation, generation and de-escalation of religious-related conflicts in the Northern part of Nigeria and the consequent effects of the role of the mass media in the development of the region and the nation as a whole. The secondary sources of data were the main method employed in the collection of data. The study examined critically news reports and analysis, editorials, advertorials and s...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

31. ETHNO–RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN ZAR LAND IN BAUCHI STATE AND TRADITIONAL METHODS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

The research has set out clearly to articulate the causes of ethno-religious violence in Zar land, in Bauchi state, from 1991 to 2009. The research examined the traditional strategies used by the Zar people in Zar land in conflict prevention, resolution and management. This work has located the aetiology of the crisis to economic, political, social and religious causal factors in the interaction of the Zar with the Bauchi emirate council and the Bauchi state government. The...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

32. EXEGETICAL STUDY OF MATTHEW 25: 31-46 IN CONTRADISTINCTION TO THE IGBO COSMOLOGICAL NOTION OF REINCARNATION

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The belief in reincarnation has affected some Christians at many levels ranging from belief, experience and ritual relation to their ancestors. The levels are intrinsically bound together and cause great harm to the Igbo Christian, especially when his conversion to Christianity fails to address what he experiences in his everyday life. Continual adherence to the beliefs and practices of traditional religion that reveals belief in reincarnation has not only weakened the Chur...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

33. FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLES AND THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background of the Study

Federal character principles or quota system of representation became an issue and as a part of constitutional arrangement following major serious disagreement between Northern and Southern leaders over the issue of selfgovernment for Nigeria. In the 1950s, Northern leaders felt that the North needed more time to prepare itself to catch up with the South in Western education and in matters of employment opportunities. In spite of these strong...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

34. HERMENEUTICAL APPRAISAL OF LUKE 16-19-31 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RICH-POOR DICHOTOMY IN IGBOLAND -NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

The text of Luke 16:19-31, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Λάδαρος ) is one of Jesus‘ most intriguing parables. The parable is also called the Dives and Lazarus. The traditional name, Dives, is not actually a name, but instead a word for "rich man‖ in the text of the Latin Bible, the Vulgate. This celebrated pericope is exclusive or unique to Luke; it is found only in the Gospel of Lu...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

35. HERMENEUTICAL STUDY OF JONAH IN THE LIGHT OF JONAH- IT’S RELEVANCE TO COMTEMPORARY NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background of study

The book of Jonah is an Old Testament book composed of four chapters with forty-eight verses. The book is full of abrupt changes of direction in thought, humorous touches and unexpected twists in plot. It contains prose and poetry. The book is unique among the books of the biblical prophets. It is not like the other books of the prophets but rather consists of a midrashic story made up to teach important lesson. Hence, modern day scholars placed...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

36. HISTORICAL DISCOURSE ON SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OWERRI ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE, NIGERIA, 1968-2016

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

The Church from inception has rendered various levels of social welfare services to humanity as a duty and an embodiment of the church. Jesus Christ in His time engaged in welfare services to people apart from teaching the word of God. He healed the sick, fed the hungry, cast out demons, and gave hope to the oppressed. The apostles continued from where Jesus stopped. With the authority invested on them by Jesus, they preached to people, heal...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

37. HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF INTERACTION OF CHRISTIANITY WITH OZO INSTITUTION AND WIDOWHOOD PRACTICES IN OGIDI, 1985-2015

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

When asked to define history, what comes to mind is a systematic and expository record of past events, their causes, their effects, their peaks and their declines. History deals with people, institutions and relationships as a study in humanities. So the historical interaction and encounter define and distinguish people and their societies from others. History as an aspect of culture is all embracing and encompassing. Suffice it to say that e...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

38. ISAIAH’S VISION OF PEACE (ISA 2-1-5)- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ESCHATOLOGY

25 Student Researchers

Purpose of the Study

This work aims:

  1. To explain Isaiah’s vision of peace from the prism of eschatology.
  2. To give an exegesis of the Isa 2:1-5.
  3. To investigate the eschatological elements of the passage.
  4. To apply the theology of Isaiah 2:1-5 as a model of peace to the society.

1.4. Scope of the Study

This work begins with an exegetical analysis of Isa 2:1-5, which cons...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

39. MAX WEBER’S ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- LESSONS FOR NIGERIA, 1999- 2017

25 Student Researchers

Background of the Study

Nigeria is a country blessed with rich human, mineral and natural resources, but sadly, the country continued to experience steady decline in economic development. This is because the rich human, mineral and natural resources the country is blessed with had turned out to be the exclusive patrimony of few powerful individuals, and as such, Nigeria has become a rich country with poor citizens and low economic development. According to 2015 Worl...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

40. NIGERIAN-BIAFRAN WAR AND THE GROWTH OF PENTECOSTALISM IN IGBOLAND, 1970-1995

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

The growth of global Pentecostalism in Nigeria and Igboland in particular emanated naturally from the religious and political scenario of the country between 1950 and 1970. Kalu (2008) says that this phenomenal increase could be measured by non-quantitative indexes, but assessed by the vitality of practice, high visibility in the public space and intensity of the debate caused by its diatribe against the alleged compromises by other forms of...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

41. NON-VIOLENT APPROACH TO INSURGENCY IN NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Insurgency and its consequent security challenges in the Niger Delta region have became a matter of global concern. This insurgency is traceable to the nature and activities of the oil companies operating in the region. This has badly affected the economy of Nigeria as the Niger Delta people, mostly the youths, have resorted to both conventional and non conventional approaches to express their frustrations. Illegal oil bunkering, kidnapping of expatriates, pipe line vandali...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

42. OHU AND AMADI COMMUNAL COMPLEX IN NKANULAND- IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM

25 Student Researchers

Introduction

The interest of linguists in analysing conversational texts has gradually shifted from the traditional focus on the linguistic structure to investigating language use as a social phenomenon. The functional approach to language studies goes beyond the study of sentences in abstraction to describing the use of language in concrete situations. In other words, a study about a language is not just about the linguistic or formal studies of language but what l...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

43. RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

One of the remarkable features of the present day Imo State is that women and children constitute the most vulnerable group that undergo violence in different spheres of life. Also, excluding them from the socio-economic development of their immediate milieu is a worry. Although this exclusion is currently strong and widely upheld, there has been a relative silence on how to liberate women from these cultural practices. The people of Imo are...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

44. SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN 1TIMOTHY 3 1-13- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

When one take the pulse on leadership and happenings in the church and society today, the need for a better leadership system will become obvious, nothing seems to have changed from the earthly days of Christ and Paul when leaders (societal and religious) suck their land and people dry for their personal gains. At that time Jesus Christ took time to teach his disciples the acceptable leadership principles. Paul had to direct Timothy in Ephesu...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

45. SHEPHERD MOTIF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This research examines the Shepherd Motif in the Old Testament which has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and subjected to criticism in recent times due to the varying degrees of methodologies by scholars. These scholar use terms like Military dictatorship, aristocracy, autocracy, democracy, kingship, and spiritual leadership to talk on the subject without closely examining the caring motif of the shepherd enshrined in the Old Testament. The objectives of this research ar...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

46. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE OF THE CONUNDRUMS OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY IGBO SOCIETY, NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The socio-religious discourse of the conundrums of traditional education in contemporary Igbo society is based on the premise that Igbo traditional education is in progressive decline and something urgent must be done to revitalize the educational system. The objective of the research work is to highlight the influence of western culture on Igbo traditional education and the socio-religious problems the Igbo imposed on their traditional education in contemporary Igbo societ...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

47. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS EVALUATION OF IGBO TRADITIONAL FAMILY SYSTEM IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

Igbo family is dynamic. It principally revolves around a very strong web of extended family system. This dynamism stems from marria'ge link which may either be polygynous whereby a man marries more than one wife; or monogamous whereby a man marries one wife. Igbo social obligation induces marital responsibility upon the man with his in-laws. The family system demands that social cohesion, respect for constituted authority, fear of the sup...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

48. STRESS MANAGEMENT IN THE LEADERSHIP OF METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA- PERSPECTIVES FROM EXODUS 18-13-27

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

The accounts of creation reveal God’s view on stress management, in that He worked for six days and rested on the seventh day (Gen 2: 2). God rested on the seventh day of creation, not because He was tired, rather He ceased from work after creation as a model for human beings, hence the necessity of rest which informed the Sabbath as a day of rest for the Jews. The creation of day and night also depicts the idea of rest for the benefit...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

49. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: THE TIV EXPERIENCE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The research was motivated by the need to review traditional beliefs of the Tiv currently undermined by the significant impact of technological change. The Tiv now put more emphasis on technology and its benefits, resulting in an erosion of traditional values within family and clan structures. The work is based on primary sources, including oral interviews with Tiv in positions of leadership, retired elders and chiefs, as well as average citizens. Secondary sources include...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

50. TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: A SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Terrorism is on the increase in Nigeria. Basic socio-political activities in Nigeria feature acts of terrorism as citizens employ terroristic modes to actualize their goals. Almost all the ethnic groups in Nigeria have splinter groups that purposes to be agitating for their peculiar ethnic rights through terroristic means. The government of Nigeria is finding it hard battling the current eruptions of terrorist cell groups and acts of terrorism in the country as using force...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

51. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE S.I.M./S.U.M. AMONG LEPROSY PATIENTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 1928-1988

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Different scholars in the field of church history have tried to view the activities of the Christian missionaries in different perspectives. Some have branded them imperialists and others view them to have contributed to the social development of Nigeria. This study was intended to lend voice to the views of those who have argued that although the missionaries have had their weaknesses, they contributed immensely to the social development of Northern Nigeria. The study part...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

52. THE AKWALI RITE OF PASSAGE IN NANDO, ANAMBRA STATE AND CHALLENGES OF MODERNITY

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

The Akwali rite of passage, in pre-colonial times, played a central role in the socialization of girls, and the celebration of virginity, fertility and womanhood in Nando. Akwali, just like other traditional practices, collided with Christianity and colonialism when they were introduced in Igboland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, respectively, as well as the forces of urbanization and globalization. This study took up this challenge by examining the Akwali rite o...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

53. THE CHALLENGES OF CHILD ADOPTION: A SOCIO-RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE ON THE EBONYI CHRISTIAN COUPLES’ EXPERIENCE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The work dealt with the challenges experienced by Christians who hail from Ebonyi State, in search of a child or a particular gender, when the option of adopting a child is considered. It was necessitated by the high rate of infertility and its associated problems noticed among married couples, which adoption have not mitigated but potentially can worsen, viewed from the traditional Igbo worldview. Even as Christians, Ebonyi people still hold on to their traditional values...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

54. THE INFLUENCE OF IGBO CATECHISTS ON ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN IGBOLAND (1888 -1931)

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The Catholic evangelization endeavours on the lower Niger (Igboland) came in the wake of the post slavery abolition era. The Holy Ghost Fathers, who were the architects of this mission, utilized the school evangelization strategy. It succeeded beyond all expectations. However, the indispensable catalysts of this success story were the army of Igbo Catechists teachers who positively collaborated with them. Expectedly the missionary exploits of these expatriate missionaries,...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

55. THE MIND OF CHRIST: A PARADIGM TOWARD A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AND PROACTIVE RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Christianity seems to be losing focus on violence and the Christian response. Therefore, this work sought for responses to violence found in the teachings and examples of Jesus Christ and His apostles, that honor the Godhead, are faithful to the Bible, relevant to, and redemptive in the context of violence; sensitive both to victims and victimizers of violence; are theologically healthy and give voice to the sufferers of violence. It employed the historical-grammatical meth...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

56. THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)- PERSPECTIVES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

In recent years various women's issues have been the focus of attention and debate not only in connection with many of the structures and institutions of the Nigerian society but also within the church, including church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Many women who are highly talented, capable and spirit filled are without any defined assignment for God. These women with golden talents are gradually quenched through inaction and lack of...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

57. THE QUEST FOR GOOD DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA: THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSE

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Benue State since its creation in 1976 has been pre-occupied with a political, social and religious dilemma arising from the position of Christians as members of the body of Christ and as members of the state. The Christian church has succeeded in many other areas of human endeavours in the state, but not so much has been done in the political field, because politics and governance in Nigeria and Benue State in particular virtually has been seen from a secular or non-Christ...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

58. THE RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY OF CHRISLAMHERB (OKE TUDE) MOVEMENT: A BLUEPRINT FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE OF RELIGIONS IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

Conflict is a fact of life, it is found among the religious groups and it can never be completely eradicated. The dream of any nation is to grow to an enviable height and fully maximize her potentials both in natural and human spheres of life endeavours. But this will only be possible in an environment devoid of crises, misunderstandings and wars, a situation that has eluded Nigeria not long after her independence in 1960. In multi-ethnic and religious diverse society like...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

59. THE UNWANTED METAMORPHOSES OF THE USMAN DAN FODIO’S JIHAD AND SHARIA IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

Background to the Study

It is the view of some scholars and authors like Danjibo (2012), that in the middle years of the twentieth century, it was assumed that secularism would make religion irrelevant in the politics of mankind. This is because human beings were expected to be more rational which would make them have no further need for religion. Similarly, great social thinkers such as Nietzsche and Hume have postulated the “death” of religion in the f...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

60. WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND PASTORAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ONITSHA ARCHDIOCESE 1967-2015: A STUDY OF IMMACULATE HEART SISTERS

25 Student Researchers

Abstract

This study is on Women Religious and Pastoral Development in Onitsha Archdiocese 1967-2015: A study of Immaculate Heart Sisters. The human person across generations has the ontological problems of scarcity, of contingency and of powerlessness. This immediate yearning propelled him to seek advancement and betterment of his species. Fraught with all those limitations, he recourses to any agency or organisation that has the potency of alleviating his conditions. One of such co...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

61. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM ON CHRISTIAN YOUTHS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

25 Student Researchers

ABSTRACT

The researcher is titled ―Effect of Alcoholism on Christian Youths in Benue State, Nigeria. The objective of the study is to examine the effect of alcoholism on the health, social, academic and morals of Christian Youths in Benue State. Chapter two focuses on the review of literature, the empirical studies and summary. Chapter three deals with the methodology of the study. The survey research design was employed in the study. The target population was on all the registered...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more

62. AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MENACE OF FULANI HERDSMEN BANDICTRY ATTACKS ON NIGERIAN CHURCHES.

25 Student Researchers Qualitative

Background of the Study

From the dawn of the 21st century with a terrible acceleration in recent years, there has been a continued increase in verified reporting of the killings, rapes, mutilations and abductions of Christians in Nigeria. Houses, churches, towns, and agricultural fields are often set on fire during these assaults. In the first six months of 2020, 1,202 Nigerian Christians were killed, according to a July 15, 2020 headline (Samuel S...

APA 1-5 Chapters 50 Pages
Read more
whatsapp