Materialism as the Bane of Social Action Evangelism in the Contemporary Nigerian Society
The church is quickly losing its essence over the history of laboring for soul winning and social transformation in Nigeria owing to the materialistic attitude of Christians and the church. This may not be completely true; hence some notable evidence could still be pointed out to the effect that the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2021]
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A journal of church and state
Année: 2021, Volume: 63, Numéro: 1, Pages: 70-84 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Église
/ Nigeria
/ Évangélisation
/ Mission
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KBN Afrique subsaharienne SA Droit ecclésial |
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| Résumé: | The church is quickly losing its essence over the history of laboring for soul winning and social transformation in Nigeria owing to the materialistic attitude of Christians and the church. This may not be completely true; hence some notable evidence could still be pointed out to the effect that the church is still in the real business of evangelism and mission today. However, Onyeidu expresses the need to consider strongly the value, orientation, motive, and aim of the early missionaries before we can see clearly the locus of diversion and perversion presently evident in contemporary Christian organizations’ labor of evangelism. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csz091 |