RT Article
T1 The Welfare Church in Nigerian Prisons
JF Social sciences and missions
VO 33
IS 1/2
SP 51
OP 68
A1 Njeukam, Lionel
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1698818661
AB In Nigeria, religious groups have played an important role to help prisoners. Although it is not unusual for religious organizations to operate within penitentiaries, this article gives attention to the scope and importance of the involvement of such organizations in the lives of inmates in Nigeria. In fact, faith-based organizations have been providing so much assistance in the form of clothing, food, medicine, and counselling that they have become an unofficial “welfare church” within the state. Indeed, churches have also considerably assisted in the rehabilitation of prisoners. In effect, religious organizations can be seen as a substitute to the quasi-absent welfare state in Nigeria.
K1 Nigéria
K1 Nigeria
K1 Église
K1 aide sociale
K1 Church
K1 Prisons
K1 Réhabilitation
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 Welfare
DO 10.1163/18748945-03301027