Religion and Everyday Life in Nigeria – A Festschrift for Professor Olu E. Alana

Benson Ohihon Igboin

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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.

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Editor

Benson Ohihon Igboin
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Publication Date

December 5, 2023
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No. of Pages

292

About the Editor

Benson Ohihon Igboin is a professor in the Department of Religion and African Culture, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. He specialises in philosophy of religion with bias in African religious and cultural values. He has published extensively in philosophy of religion, African cultural values, religion and politics, corruption and so forth. He is the Principal Investigator of the research project: “The Politics and Poetics of Violent Prayers in Nigerian Pentecostal Churches” funded by John Templeton Foundation hosted by Nagel Institute, USA. He is a Professor Extraordinaire in the Centre of Gender Studies, University of South Africa.

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