Religion and Everyday Life in Nigeria – A Festschrift for Professor Olu E. Alana
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How might we understand religion, particularly Christianity, in a country that exudes real paradoxes in politics, culture and development? Religion is an ambivalent phenomenon. It can either be used to wage war or peace; engender love or hatred, build a society or destroy it, fight against corruption or enable it, and so forth. In Nigeria, religion has become a powerful and obsessive instrument to mediate or construct anything. Religion is used to create, secure, maintain, defend one’s space and attack another’s. This volume, in honour of an erudite New Testament scholar, Professor Olu E. Alana, is an assemblage of essays that critically examine how religion has been utilised to nuance philosophical, political, indigenous, social, theological, sexual, health and educational issues that border on Nigeria’s development.
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
The Profile of Professor Olu Emmanuel Alana | page i
Notes on Contributors | page v
Introduction: Religion and Everyday Life in Nigeria | page ix
SECTION A PHILOSOPHY AND DEVELOPMENT
Philosophy of Religion at the Service of Humanity: Challenges and Prospects J. A. Onimhawo and C.O. Adamu | page 1
God of Love and the Presence of Evil in Nigeria J. A. Onimhawo and C.O. Adamu | page 15
Freewill, Determinism and Corruption in Nigeria Oladayo Oluwatosin Bamidele | page 33
Ziibalogzii: Towards an Interconnected Humaneness in Ogoni-African Philosophy Burabari Sunday Deezia | page 55
Faith and Reason in Enoch Adejare Adeboye’s Prosperity Gospel Oluwanishola Bright Ogunleye | page 75
Impediments to Effective Religious Tolerance in Nigeria Matthew Abe | page 85
SECTION B
RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
The Indigenous Methodologies of the Ìyá Àbíyè Maternal Healthcare in Yoruba South-Western Nigeria Adegbuyi Clement Olaleye | page 95
Afro-Philosophical Evaluation of Assisted Reproductive Technology Olaniran Olayiwola | page 115
Theological and Philosophical Perceptions of Transsexualism Benson O. Igboin | page 137
SECTION C
RELIGION, EDUCATION, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT
Making Religious Studies Education Relevant for National Integration in Nigeria Ucheakolam Elizabeth Umejiaku | page 153
SECTION D
AFRICAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM
Afenmai Proverbs as Indigenous Knowledge System Akiti Glory Alamu | page 161
Left-Handedness in Esan Cosmology
Matthew A. Izibili & Sunday O. Oyemhonlan | page 173
Egbe Bere Ugo Ebere: An Igbo Cultural and Political Tradition of Accountability Patrick U. Nwosu | page 183
SECTION E
BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL ISSUES
A Contemporary Nigerian Reading of the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk. 10:25-35): Responding to the Return to Allegory
Olubiyi Adeniyi Adewale | page 193
Understanding James 5: 1-6 in the Light of the Rich-Poor Dialectic in Nigeria Abiodun Simeon Ige | page 209
Religious echoes from Motor Parks in Lagos State, Nigeria: For God or Bread? Ojo Joseph Rapheal | page 225
African Theology of Peace-making: Panacea to Conflict Management in Nigeria Abiodun Adesina Olubitan | page 241
The African Queen of Sheba as Quintessence for Women Leadership Role in Nigeria David Gbenga Atteh | page 255