Religious Freedom in an Age of The Global War on Christianity: A Nigerian Christian Perspective

Nigeria ranks as the world’s most violent place for Christians today. Christianity and Islam, the major religions in Nigeria, are known to preach love and peace worldwide. A brief review of the grim reality of the practical implications of these claims against endemic violence questions the meaning...

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Main Author: Wankar, Gabriel T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 88, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-368
Further subjects:B Islam
B Violence
B peaceful coexistence
B Human Rights
B the new voices of Islam
B Religious Freedom
B Christianity
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Summary:Nigeria ranks as the world’s most violent place for Christians today. Christianity and Islam, the major religions in Nigeria, are known to preach love and peace worldwide. A brief review of the grim reality of the practical implications of these claims against endemic violence questions the meaning of religion in Nigeria. This article relates the abuse and violation of rights and, therefore, proposes the universal human right of religious freedom as a more reliable path to peaceful coexistence, as against tolerance, which today has been acknowledged as a failed strategy for enduring peace.
ISSN:1752-4989
Contains:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00211400231201226