AFRICAN THEOLOGY OF PEACEMAKING: PANACEA TO CONFLICTS MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
| dc.contributor.author | OLUBITAN, Adesina Abiodun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-27T16:17:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-27T16:17:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract The interpretation of the Christian faith in the context of African culture, religious life experiences and contemporary socio-political situations has been classified as what came to be formed as African theology. Parratt, on Reinventing Christianity in Mbiti (1998) states that African theology tries to bring about dialog and harmony between Christianity and the African cultural-religious heritage. In order words, African theology accommodates the engagements of Africans in political life, socio-cultural and religio-economic situation. In this context, it is important to align the crave for African theology to the pursuit of peaceful co-existence and peace building in African communities and Nigeria in particular. Africa needs peace to foster development and socio-economic growth. This paper therefore, invokes the framework of African theology as that which evokes African reality in manner, perspectives and worldview in constructing agenda for peace building process. The parameter for our data gathering is analytic and historical methods while relying on the instruments of personal participatory for data interpretation. We adduce here that, peace is instrumental to human and social development, hence, African theology content and context of community spirit and being our brother’s keeper will no doubt be an appendage of peacemaking process in our nation building. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | : https://www.galda-verlag.de | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4479 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | : https://www.galda-verlag.de | |
| dc.title | AFRICAN THEOLOGY OF PEACEMAKING: PANACEA TO CONFLICTS MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | |
| dc.type | Book chapter |