Poverty And The Church In Igboland Nigeria

Author : Anthony Okwudili Achunonu
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781479732135

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Poverty and the Church in Igboland, Nigeria by Anthony Okwudili Achunonu Pdf

The main objective of this book is to re-evaluate the true meaning of the term poverty' in the world as a whole and in Nigeria in particular. From a sociological point of view, poverty is the natural consequence of economic inequity amongst social groups, a type of inequity often generated by the inability of the political class to provide and maintain basic amenities in the society. This book highlights so many complex reasons that are responsible for this type of inability, prominent amongst them being mismanagement of funds in most political setups. Our investigation from this book shows that there's a great difference between the various forms of poverty in western countries and in other countries of the world. Poverty may be caused by individual, social, cultural, ethical and moral issues. These various causes of poverty are often correlated. In Nigeria, poverty is mainly caused by lack of moral sensitivities amongst political leaders and by lack of initiatives for cultural, social and economic empowerment of the less privileged. Most striking is the fact that there is no basic well-established governmental structure meant to assist those who languish in poverty. This book discusses the real-life situation of those who suffer and are living in abject poverty. The book also discusses proposals that can help improve their condition. In line with this, the effective contributions the church can make in order to fight poverty will be taken into consideration. In fact, it is not enough for the church to know that the situation of long-term injustice in Nigeria is crippling the country; rather, she has also to live up to her mission vis-à-vis the poor and the marginalised who are living in the country.

Author : Emmanuel T. Okogwa
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536949183

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Poverty Alleviation and the Church in Nigeria by Emmanuel T. Okogwa Pdf

Poverty exists everywhere in the world where human beings live. No country or community is exempted from the global phenomenon of poverty. It is exemplified in the absence or denial of basic human necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing, which are needed for the enjoyment of the minimum standard of living. Other factors such as the availability of electricity, food security, good healthcare system, good roads, portable water, and other safety nets, have impact on human populations. However, the negative or positive effects of these factors depend on the ability of every country to sincerely confront the problem of poverty. While some countries have successfully utilized their available resources to reduce the impact of poverty on their citizens, others have been unable to achieve much progress. Some countries lack the resources to reduce poverty significantly. In the case of Nigeria, however, poverty and affluence co-exist. Therefore, to profile a meaningful solution to the poverty in the country, it is necessary to carefully examine the causes, nature and the consequences of the poverty in Nigeria despite the wealth of the nation. The book, Poverty Alleviation and the Church in Nigeria, examines the origin, evolution, and global concept of poverty; the Christian, capitalist, socialist and African traditional views of poverty; the exposition of the state of poverty in Nigeria; an overview of the socioeconomic policies and the consequences of poverty on the citizens, and the efforts made so far to reduce poverty in the country.

Author : Fidelis Chineme Bayo Kwazu
Publisher : African Theological Studies / Etudes Théologiques Africaines
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 3631642962

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Developing a Viable Strategy of Solving the Problems of Poverty in the Light of Human Rights by Fidelis Chineme Bayo Kwazu Pdf

This book analyses the connection of poverty and Human Rights. It specifically describes how Human Rights infringements and abuses create conditions of poverty in areas of Nigeria, particularly Igboland. The work aims at alerting governments to administrative inadequacies that are contrary to social ethics and have given rise to poverty.

Author : Francis Anekwe Oborji
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664137189

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Towards African Missiology by Francis Anekwe Oborji Pdf

This volume reflects on a credible and a new language of Christian mission in Africa. The author’s thoughts and approaches not only provide a missiological insight which contribute to the repertoire of expanding fresh ideas in the missiological studies but also serves the purpose of highlighting the active participation of Africans in the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ. In other words, the scope of missiology needs a contextualized interpretation. Thus, he proposes a proactive language for missiology in Africa thereby underlining Africans as normal and full members of the human family. In the light of the Vatican II mission theology, the new language should be based on the fact that Africans will grow and do better in admiration and not in sympathy. Interestingly, the arguments in this volume opens the space for the on-going discussions in the mission of the church in the era of secularization and post-modernity. Consequently, a new language for missiology in Africa will come from the retrieval and modernization of our African cultural matrix pursued from the point of view of the daily struggles of the Africans themselves for survival which also addresses Africans in the spirit of cooperation.

Author : Emmanuel Njoku
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643913418

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Youth Development in Nigeria by Emmanuel Njoku Pdf

Youth development is as a core aspect of human and national progress in Nigeria. The study suggests the development of young people as the means of poverty reduction. It indicates that amidst cultural, ethnic, and religious diversities, and in the light of threats to human life and property, the development of the youth is the way to promoting peace and unity, justice, and security. The book argues on a two-fold contribution: While the Nigerian Church is to intensify efforts in the active participation of lay Christians in politics, the State is to tackle critical areas to ensure a decent standard of living for all.

Author : David H. Kodia
Publisher : Uzima Publishing House
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9966855947

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Poverty in Grace by David H. Kodia Pdf

Author : Benedict Chidi Nwachukwu-Udaku
Publisher : Author House
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781463414122

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From What We Should Do to Who We Should Be by Benedict Chidi Nwachukwu-Udaku Pdf

HIV/AIDS constitutes a global problem. A good number of scholars from different nationalities, multiple rationalities, religious sensibilities, theological intelligibilities and ethical, cultural, and ecclesiastical backgrounds have affirmed that this worldwide quagmire constitutes a global health problem and social malady which does not have a well-defined geographically limited spread. The global nature of HIV/AIDS as seen in the statistics does not however undermine the fact that the effects of this sickness are not felt proportionally from one nation to another. This book proposes to situate the local as a veritable site of empowerment for communities dealing with HIV/AIDS, as it is the case with the African continent. The author of this book, over and above the way the problem of HIV/AIDS has been constructed, projected, and reviewed, decided to situate this epidemic of the 20th Century within the socio-cultural and political context of the Nigerian nation with particular reference to the Igbo people. The task of contextualizing this problem reveal the identity of the author as an Igbo, and as a theologian, who engages the indigenous ethical principles, unsophisticated traditional wisdom, cultural and religious values of his people in offering solutions that resonate the cultural identity of his people in dialogue with modern and post-modern constructs.

Author : Peter Obele Abue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924105493211

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Participation and Social Learning in Church-based Organizations by Peter Obele Abue Pdf

Author : Leonard Oshiokhamele Anetekhai
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783736964051

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The Church as a voice of the Poor in the light of the Pact of the Catacombs of 1965 (Domitilla) by Leonard Oshiokhamele Anetekhai Pdf

The stance of 40 Bishops who put pen on paper to dedicate their lives and work for the Poor is in our today’s world an example worth emulating and promoting. To live amid plenty and not feel the pains, misery, and above all, the anger in the eyes of the Poor is a grave sin that individuals, societies and organisations with all pleasure are willing to embrace. Often, the question is raised: Who are the Poor and the answer therein, this piece of research work tries to articulate. When humans created in God’s image are left without essential assistance to ‘lick their wounds’ as Lazarus did, their rights trampled upon, their voices silenced, and even their deserved wages barely or not paid, then we speak of the Poor. In this group of persons, the Poor, the Bishops of the Catacomb Pack of 1965 (Domitilla) reminds Individuals, societies, organisations, and indeed the Church and her leaders to see the necessity to align human, social and pastoral life in the task of caring for the Poor.

Author : Cornelius Uchenna Okeke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Clergy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132865283

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The Future of the Catholic Priesthood in Igboland by Cornelius Uchenna Okeke Pdf

Author : Ogbu Kalu
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114570596

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Power, Poverty, and Prayer by Ogbu Kalu Pdf

Author : Paul UCHE Nwobi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781468553178

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Poor Formation as a Principal Factor to the Crisis in Priesthood Today by Paul UCHE Nwobi Pdf

This book is on the spirituality of life crisis and formation. When this spirituality is denied or neglected, life is in crisis. The Church with its priesthood is losing its face and meaning in todays world due to the evading crisis. How to define and contain this crisis in todays world and cultures is what this book is all about. Without a well-grounded spirituality of formation, life is a bundle of crisis with a limited vision, meaning and purpose. This book is a-must-read for everyone, especially school teachers, college professors, seminary formators, bishops, priests, religious men and women, students/seminarians, and aspirants to religious life.

Author : Isaac Boaheng
Publisher : HippoBooks
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839730344

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Poverty, the Bible, and Africa by Isaac Boaheng Pdf

Poverty reduction is a worldwide concern, yet if the church is to play an effective role in its alleviation, an approach that is both biblical and contextual is required. In Poverty, the Bible, and Africa, Isaac Boaheng formulates a theology of poverty that engages Scripture, African traditional wisdom, and contemporary African concerns to create a paradigm for understanding and alleviating poverty in Africa. Boaheng highlights that, whatever our cultural context, God frowns upon materialism, extravagance, and love for riches; yet the author also demonstrates why a contextual theology must address people’s societal and cultural needs alongside spiritual ones. If we desire a model for poverty reduction that is both theologically sound and contextually appropriate, we must facilitate an encounter between the teachings of Scripture and the socio-economic, political, and religious realities of a particular context. Combining in-depth cultural analysis with careful exegetical reflection, this book offers refreshing insight into the challenge of confronting poverty in Africa. Boaheng’s approach, however, is relevant far beyond the continent and is transferable to any context where others are seeking to effectively understand and combat poverty.

Author : Chinedu Paul Ezenwa
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783832551995

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The Value of Human Dignity. A Socio-cultural Approach to Value Crisis among Igbo People of Nigeria by Chinedu Paul Ezenwa Pdf

Where today is a specific, original and stable basis for a Political order to be found? What does the human dignity mean in the midst of the general crises of values? In the face of the ambivalent achievements of modernity and enlightenment, do the values of Christianity which until now have been regarded as the objective norm fail in its contact with the primal culture and the culture of the African communities? Where in this classes are the weakening and strengthening and specific challenges of this African People? This field of conflict must not only be described, but above all to ask about new opportunities to get out of the crisis of the value of human dignity in the Igbo society of Southeastern Nigeria. Ezenwas work seeks and aids understanding, using the facility of examining the subject of dignity in Igbo culture to throw light that casts much farther than the subject matter, begging for further inquiry into other complementary aspects of the culture. In other to achieve this, interdisciplinary research was needed.

Author : Nkem Hyginus M. V. Chigere
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 3825849643

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Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Igboland by Nkem Hyginus M. V. Chigere Pdf