Philosophy, Religion and Social Issues in Nigeria – A Festschrift for Professor (Monsignor) John A. Onimhawo
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Think religion, think Nigeria! the saying goes. Although the description that Africans are notoriously and incurably religious has been caustically criticised and contested, it appears that it is more or less a theoretical or intellectual exercise than practical reality. One may still be persuaded to argue that Nigeria is still as furiously religious in the twenty-first century as it was before the advent of missionary religions and colonialism. Although philosophy is often conceived as a tool of analysis of religious truth claims and of religious phenomena, the strong resonance of religion in everyday life and encounter has made analytic philosophy to tread with caution in Nigeria. In fact, many of the philosophers are as furiously religious outside the classroom as other people they unsympathetically criticise. However, the need for philosophy is urgent, to at least, clarify and analyse the texture of religious claim that seems to not help the country so much.
Benson Ohihon Igboin, Ph.D. is a professor of Philosophy of Religion, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria. He is also Academic Associate of the Research Institute of Theology and Religion, University of South Africa. He is the editor of Corruption: A New Thinking in the Reverse Order and the co-editor of: The Changing Faces of African Pentecostalism; African Pentecostalism: Probity and Accountability; Nigerian Pentecostalism, Alternative State and the Question of Accountability.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brief Profile of Professor John A. Onimhawo | page i
Notes on Contributors | page v
Introduction: Philosophy, Religion and Social Issues in Nigeria | page ix
RELIGION AND SOCIETY
The Encounter between Christianity and Yoruba Religion: Syncretism or the Principle of ‘give and take’? Olu Emmanuel Alana | page 1
The Nexus between Religion and Society Grace Lawrence-Hart | page 17
Religion, Education and Leadership Olu Emmanuel Alana | page 31
PHILOSOPHY, MORALITY AND DEVELOPMENT
The Role of Philosophy of Religion in Human Development Burabari Sunday Deezia | page 45
Principles of Human Development in Kierkegaard’s Notion of Ethical Commitment Joseph O. Obaweki | page 63
Re-Examining Onimhawo’s Concept of Euthanasia and its Implications for Sanctity of Human Life in Nigeria Kehinde E. Obasola | page 85
God’s Omnipotence and the Problem of Corruption in Nigeria Oladayo O. Bamidele | page 101
Kitchen Phenomenology: The Dilemma of Womanhood in Gendered Geography Ucheoma Osuji | page 125
Reincarnation and Biogenetics: An Afro-Yoruba Discourse Gbemisola Funmilola Omomowo | page 141
Moral Health and Underdevelopment: The Nigerian Experience C.O. Adamu | page 159
Morality and the Revival of Natural Law Philosophy Philip O. Isanbor and Michael M. Uzomah | page 173
Rethinking Yoruba Proverbs beyond Aristotelian Laws of Thought Sunday Layi Oladipupo | page 189