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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The question of the compatibility, or otherwise, of Islam with human rights has been in recent years the focus of attention of numerous scholars who have produced varying responses and advanced conflicting and competing views. Ezzat (2005:n.p) holds that “sharia law is not only compatible with human rights but also the most effective way t...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Family according to encyclopedia America is a core group of persons related by birth, marriage or other names (such as adoption) who commonly reside in the same household. The family is both subset of an individual’s total kinship network and a key unity of the household or domestic economy. Although family composition and structure vary greatly from culture to cultu...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Peaceful co existence is an indispensable ingredient that helps in the promotion of growth and development in a society. Peace is very essential for the progress of every society. Abindu (2002) underlined that the need of peaceful co existence and conflict prevention movement in the society, start from the home with the examination of how childr...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The growth of the Assemblies of God, Nigeria (henceforth identified as the AGN) during the Decade of Harvest (1990 2000) is without a doubt one of the most dramatic developments of the Church in West Africa. From a small, exclusive movement in the early 1940s, the church has grown to be a significant Pentecostal denomination in West Africa. With the exit of expatriate miss...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Many questions about science and technology in relation to religion abound in our society. Such questions as whether science is a blessing or a curse? Can science and technology take man to the divine realm? Is there mutual relationship between scientific/technological world and the world of religion? Can the concept of science or technology mar...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Many great religious men are unnoticed on accounts of political events, yet they help shape the fortune of church history and the prospect of the kingdom of God in many communities. George Mnoromchi Alioha, who lived between 1912 1997 was such a hero. Alioha was born at Ohokobe Afara Umuahia, Umuahia North (LGA) of Abia state in Nigeria. He rece...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The emergence of prosperity gospel preaching dates back to the 19th and 20th centuries. It is currently a universal phenomenon that is frequently preached in urban areas especially in churches and on the electronic media. It has commanded scholarly attention, debates and literature on the subject. Historical records abound that prosperity preach...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Ecology refers to the study of the interaction or relationship among living creatures like trees and animals and between living creatures and their environment (Nwosu 2014:57). Ecology is a subject of great concern because it has much to do with the wellbeing of human beings and other creatures. For example, if the mode of interaction is not sus...Continue Reading »
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» INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE In this contemporary time, the issue of choice of life partner (s), mixed marriage or intermarriage has become an issue of strong debate among Nigeria Christians. Generally, Christians’ attitude towards mix marriage is not encouraging. Some Christians forbid intermarriage drawing from 2 Corinthians 6:14 which Say: “Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For wha...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The Catholic Church was established in Nigeria and Igboland in the nineteenth century. Some other Churches were already in Igboland before the Catholic Church; for instance, the Anglican Church and the Presbyterian Church. Since then it has recorded noticeable tremendous growth. Ashiegbu (2015) noted that the growth is in all dimensions: structu...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study In different ways, classical social thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries all thought, religion would either disappear or become progressively attenuated with the expansion of modern institutions. The evidence before us in the 21st century is pervasive and clear, that religion still exists, but changed everywhere. Religion remains s...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Human society is constantly fraught with struggle, fighting, squabble and crime as emphasized by Igbo (2001). Each section of the social stratification at one time or the other complains of being marginalized, deprived of their basic right and therefore seek for redress. In advanced societies, series of ways for seeking redress over human right violation abound and each wh...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION A quick review of our present dispensation reveals a lot of immorality and degeneration all over the world, especially in Nigeria. There is an apparent decline of morality in Nigerian society especially among the youths. This has undoubtedly, made an in road into various segments of human enterprise. Many people have expressed serious concerns over the high level of immora...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Parenting involves the process of nurturing and building up the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and moral life of a child from infancy to adulthood. Proper parenting is therefore, an integral part of transferring social norms to, and raising responsible citizens among, younger generations. This explains why the Old Testament aptly link...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In this age, a common phenomenon that has been embraced by most human society is freedom. Great numbers of communities have the challenges and agitation to be completely free from all kinds of bondage or slavery in its minutest form. Consequently most human communities are grabbling with the fundamental question of their freedom or liberation wh...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Nigeria is the largest country of the black race in the world. It is also the most multi religious among the countries in Africa. This is in line with the view of Akumu et al (2006:3) who opined that, “Nigeria is the most populous African state and one of the world’s most ethnically diverse societies being made up of over 250 ethno l...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study It has remained a paradox that Nigeria, a highly religious country, cannot deny in its historical records, the challenges of juvenile delinquency. Nigeria is a great nation with great fortunes and great opportunities. Although the subject of juvenile delinquency is an age long problem, it seems that the juvenile delinquency of the past canno...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The focus of this study is the area designed as administrative Obowu or the fourteen (14) village community of Ekwere na ote and Okwu na Nso. Obowu situates in the Igbo Heartland of the present Obowu Local Government Area of Imo State of Nigeria and covers an area of 69,930 square kilometers. It is bounded on the east by the Imo River which ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION It is glaring that the development of any society depends on how effective the leadership of that country is. In Nigeria, lack of effective political leadership has continued to be a reoccurring problem. It is on this premise that the leadership situation in Nigeria is looked into. Solomon, the son of King David and Bathsheba, became king of Judah and Israel in the year 96...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Poverty is scarcity of human basic needs or man’s inability to acquire his basic needs for existence due to scarcity of resources. Man’s basic needs are generally understood to include food, shelter and clothing. Therefore, when man is incapacitated to make provisions for his food, shelter and clothing, he is regarded as a poor perso...Continue Reading »
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