THE ROLES OF RELIGION, PEACE, EDUCATION AND NATIONALDEVELOPMENT / SELF-RELIANCE
This article entitled "Religion, Peace Education and Self-Reliance"begins with a definition of religion and shows how it may be manipulated for negative and positive purposes. Then it shows how religion is threatening to tear Nigeria apart. The article emphasizes that religious communities...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2018
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Religions' educator
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-28 |
| Summary: | This article entitled "Religion, Peace Education and Self-Reliance"begins with a definition of religion and shows how it may be manipulated for negative and positive purposes. Then it shows how religion is threatening to tear Nigeria apart. The article emphasizes that religious communities and leaders, Christians as well as Muslims can influence the people to embrace peace, unity and security for the development of Nigeria to make it a self-reliantnation. The article identifies some developmental challenges facing Nigeria which both Muslims and Christiansmus tunite to tackle them if Nigeria would become one of the developed and self-reliant countries of the world. These developmental challenges include poverty, unpatriotic attitude of some Nigerians, corruption and mismanagement of the nation’s resources and a defective education system. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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