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    Court Prophets as Political Activists in Ancient Israel and the Nigerian Context
    (Journal of Religion and Culture. Volume 20. Number 1: 141-149. A Publication of Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt., 2020) Awojobi Peter Olanrewaju
    Prophets in ancient Israel were regarded as distinct people called to their vocation by Yahweh. The prophet was a person sent by Yahweh with a definite message. The prophets have the responsibility of delivering the message as received. However, these prophets belonged to different groups. The Court prophets were one of the prophetic groups or guilds in ancient Israel. Most of them were hired by the monarchy of their time. The court prophets were part of the palace staff and work directly with the reigning monarch. This view is based on the believe that if it was from Yahweh it must surely be fulfilled. Previous studies have situated the cause of non fulfillment of prophetic declaration in lack of divine call with little or no attention paid to its socio-economic dimension which is central to the understanding of the motive for prophetic ministry in the contemporary Nigerian society. The thrust of this paper is the socio-economic dimension of the reception and the delivery of prophetic message by the prophets in ancient Israel and the Nigerian society with the view of establishing parallel in both contexts.
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    Dominion Theology in Genesis 1: 26 in Nigerian Context
    (Insight: Journal of Religious Studies. A Publication of Babcock University Religious Studies Department, 2019) Awojobi Peter Olanrewaju
    Human beings are believed to be the crown of God’s creation and were divinely given the responsibility of having dominion over other creations. Some scholars are of the opinion that men who were appointed the managers of the earth have degraded it. This has resulted in a lot of crises. Humans are also accused of polluting the earth they were created to protect through emission of dangerous chemicals that are hazardous to the general health of the creation. The aim of this paper was to investigate the nature of the dominion that man is commanded to have over the trees, animals, seas, and the environment in general with reference to Nigeria. This was done by carrying out the exegesis of key words in Genesis 1:26 in relation to the Nigeria context. It was discovered that environmental degradation is one of the banes of the Nigerian society. This has resulted in health, socio-economic, ethnic and political crises in Nigeria. These have negative impacts on the growth and development of the nation.
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    Implications of Migration of Christians from the Mainline to Neo-Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria
    (Journal of Religion and Culture. A Publication of Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, University of Port Harcourt, 2020) Awojobi Peter Olanrewaju
    Migration is a global phenomenon among humans. It is an activity that is carried out by humans in every generation. People migrate from one place to another for different reasons such as economy, social, religious and so on. Individuals migrate because they think that they can improve their own lives or those of their families by doing so. The individual’s decision to migrate involves a process of weighing up potential costs and benefits. Contemporary Christian faithful are fond of migrating from one Church or denomination to another. This paper examined the factors responsible for migration of Christians from the mainline to the Neo-Pentecostals churches in Nigeria and its Implications. Historical and Interview methods were used for the study.
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    Pedagogical Role of Nigerian Church Leaders in the Fight against Corona Virus (COVID -19)
    (Journal of University Scholars in Religions. A Publication of Department of Religion and Philosophy University of Jos, 2021) Awojobi Peter Olanrewaju
    Corona virus pandemic has been rated as the most devastating health crisis that the world has ever experienced in the 21st century and its appearance in any society around the globe has been treated with utmost caution. The emergence of Corona virus has elicited responses as some persons have linked it with the conspiracy of one world government or the Bible’s prophecies about pestilences and diseases that the world will experience at the end time. In Africa especially Nigeria, there are those who believe that Corona virus does not exist at all. On the other hand, there are those who claim that the virus is for the rich and not for the poor. This has led to non-observant of the safety protocols as directed by the Government and the rejection of Corona virus vaccines in some religious quarters as a mark of the beast or Satan. This article examined the Pedagogical role of Church leaders in the fight against corona virus pandemic with the view to proffering religious solutions to the spread of this invisible and unbeatable pandemic. This paper adopted historical and phenomenological methods of research. Findings showed that Corona virus is a contagious disease which is currently ravaging the world over and it is not the first pandemic to ravage the world. Talks on corona virus have dominated discussions in recent times because its negative impacts on people cut across nationality, religions, races and ethnicity. This pandemic has affected the socio-economic lives of humans across the globe. Most Churches in Nigeria are observing Covid – 19 protocols as directed by the Government. Church leaders in Nigeria are to champion the enforcement of Covid – 19 safety protocols by constantly teaching their members to observe them in other to curb the spread of the virus in the nation. Church leaders should encourage their rich members to donate money towards the production of vaccines and enjoined those infected in the church to use the vaccines to contain the pandemic. The paper concluded that Church leaders and Christian faithful in Nigeria among other things are to pray fervently for divine intervention to contain the virus.
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    The Place of Theological Education in National Transformation: The Nigerian Experience.
    (Department of Religion and Philosophy, U Perspectives on Religion, Morality and Society in Contemporary Pluralistic Nigeria: Essay in Honour of Professor Cyril Okechukwu Imoniversity of Jos, 2021) Awojobi Peter Olanrewaju
    In recent times there have been tendencies in some religious circles to discredit the importance of theological education in national transformation. Frequently, an impression has been given that all that is needed for Christian ministry is the Holy Spirit and not theological education. Yet theological education is widely considered to be one of the factors affecting the future vitality and direction of Africa’s rapidly expanding church and nation. The thrust of this work is the place of theological education in national transformation in Africa with reference to Nigeria. The method used is historical. Theological education in biblical literature was investigated to establish how it was used as a tool for national transformation in ancient Israel and how it has been used or can be used to reposition Nigeria for the long awaited transformation. It was discovered that theological education shaped the lives of an average Israelite and thereby brought visible changes in the social and religious lives of the people. It is therefore recommended that theological education be encouraged at all levels of the development of the Nigerian child for the expected national transformation to be achieved.