From the world on go, man has been asking questions on the origin and formation of religion. Thes... more From the world on go, man has been asking questions on the origin and formation of religion. These questions are as a result of the quest in man to understand his object of worship, the Supreme Being or the ultimate reality. Hence it has been ascertained that man is homo-religiosus and as such is religiously incurable. It has also been established that people have faith because beliefs make sense in so far as they hold value and are comprehensible. This is also evidenced in the level and quest for people's religiosity in the present dispensation. Religion as it is practiced today developed from theories which are posited by scholars in trying to give their explanations to it. Among those scholars are Edward Burnett Tylor, James George Frazer and Sigmund Freud who made their points from both substantive theory which is focusing on the value of religion for its adherent and functional perspectives which is more interested with what religion does. Their theories were not without some influence from their intellectual backgrounds. It is germane to posit that in trying a work of this nature, the paper makes use of library and internet sources in its research. The paper therefore finds that religion is an aspect of life that is very important to human life, hence the quest for every scholar to make a contribution to it. It concludes that faith and believes arise from the normal function of the human mind of which the human minds acquire, generate, and transmit religious thoughts, practices, and schemas by means of ordinary cognitive capacities.
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This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks... more Abstract This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks at the concept of church and social welfare institution with regards to identifying how the church has helped and will still help in bring a change to the unfavourable conditions of people and also how she has been carrying out charitable works in the society. The paper gives a vivid understanding of the concept of church and social welfare institution. The institutions as founded by either the government or individuals have in myriad ways made contributions in changing the pitiable conditions of the masses. The church on the other hand in recent times has taking a centre stage in this direction which is seen as part of her social gospel. In this regard therefore, this work will look at some of those areas of concern the church has helped and is still helping in bettering the lives of the masses
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Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern fro... more Abstract Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern from so many scholars. This is due to some conceptions and misconceptions of those scholars as they maintained that those churches are not meeting up with the societal expectations on them. Some also maintained that the level of immorality is on the increase despite the rising number of these churches. It will be germane at this point to postulate that church proliferation is a two pole entity which an emphasis on one side disallows and rejects the positivity of the opposite. Nigeria is a religious country that has allowed multiplicity of churches as her roles in the society are enormous. This work therefore seeks to examine Omega Power Ministry as a church that proliferated recently and to bring to bear all the assiduous efforts she is making to see that people are living in sound health and mind hence the topic of this article, ‘ Church proliferation and its societal benefits; Omega Power Ministry an example. This work is theoretically framed with the Christian theory of human development. This theory was advanced by R.M Thomas (1990) who posits two cardinal goals to human endeavour, which is Christian’s pursuit of everlasting life in heaven and the practice of doing good in individual’s live by helping the poor, the needy, the depressed and contributing to societal development. Thus these cardinal goals of human development are hung on two principal of charity and justice which are seen in church’s work of social services to the societies
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Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of th... more Abstract
Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of the greatest challenges of our time. Man as the inhabitant of the environment is a religious being who has a profession of one religion or the other. The environment as he sees himself has really affected him and also his relationship with the object of worship which is as a result of advancement in technology, modernity and man’s quest to explore and control the environment. This work looks at how man interacts with his environment and how man as a religious being is been affected by ecology. It will further look at how some religious traditions are working towards helping in contributing to correcting some of these ecological problems prevalent in the society today with the aim of arriving at a better, conducive and healthy society. This work adopts a sociological approach in its study and is framed with the theory of crossing and dwelling. This work recommends that people should be careful in the use of the environment in order to reduce the rate of environmental degradation prevalent in our society today. It also recommends that religious leaders should advise their adherents on the use of the earth with the view that we are all stewards and must give account of how we use things giving to us to care for.
From the world on go, man has been asking questions on the origin and formation of religion. Thes... more From the world on go, man has been asking questions on the origin and formation of religion. These questions are as a result of the quest in man to understand his object of worship, the Supreme Being or the ultimate reality. Hence it has been ascertained that man is homo-religiosus and as such is religiously incurable. It has also been established that people have faith because beliefs make sense in so far as they hold value and are comprehensible. This is also evidenced in the level and quest for people's religiosity in the present dispensation. Religion as it is practiced today developed from theories which are posited by scholars in trying to give their explanations to it. Among those scholars are Edward Burnett Tylor, James George Frazer and Sigmund Freud who made their points from both substantive theory which is focusing on the value of religion for its adherent and functional perspectives which is more interested with what religion does. Their theories were not without some influence from their intellectual backgrounds. It is germane to posit that in trying a work of this nature, the paper makes use of library and internet sources in its research. The paper therefore finds that religion is an aspect of life that is very important to human life, hence the quest for every scholar to make a contribution to it. It concludes that faith and believes arise from the normal function of the human mind of which the human minds acquire, generate, and transmit religious thoughts, practices, and schemas by means of ordinary cognitive capacities.
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This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks... more Abstract This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks at the concept of church and social welfare institution with regards to identifying how the church has helped and will still help in bring a change to the unfavourable conditions of people and also how she has been carrying out charitable works in the society. The paper gives a vivid understanding of the concept of church and social welfare institution. The institutions as founded by either the government or individuals have in myriad ways made contributions in changing the pitiable conditions of the masses. The church on the other hand in recent times has taking a centre stage in this direction which is seen as part of her social gospel. In this regard therefore, this work will look at some of those areas of concern the church has helped and is still helping in bettering the lives of the masses
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Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern fro... more Abstract Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern from so many scholars. This is due to some conceptions and misconceptions of those scholars as they maintained that those churches are not meeting up with the societal expectations on them. Some also maintained that the level of immorality is on the increase despite the rising number of these churches. It will be germane at this point to postulate that church proliferation is a two pole entity which an emphasis on one side disallows and rejects the positivity of the opposite. Nigeria is a religious country that has allowed multiplicity of churches as her roles in the society are enormous. This work therefore seeks to examine Omega Power Ministry as a church that proliferated recently and to bring to bear all the assiduous efforts she is making to see that people are living in sound health and mind hence the topic of this article, ‘ Church proliferation and its societal benefits; Omega Power Ministry an example. This work is theoretically framed with the Christian theory of human development. This theory was advanced by R.M Thomas (1990) who posits two cardinal goals to human endeavour, which is Christian’s pursuit of everlasting life in heaven and the practice of doing good in individual’s live by helping the poor, the needy, the depressed and contributing to societal development. Thus these cardinal goals of human development are hung on two principal of charity and justice which are seen in church’s work of social services to the societies
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Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of th... more Abstract
Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of the greatest challenges of our time. Man as the inhabitant of the environment is a religious being who has a profession of one religion or the other. The environment as he sees himself has really affected him and also his relationship with the object of worship which is as a result of advancement in technology, modernity and man’s quest to explore and control the environment. This work looks at how man interacts with his environment and how man as a religious being is been affected by ecology. It will further look at how some religious traditions are working towards helping in contributing to correcting some of these ecological problems prevalent in the society today with the aim of arriving at a better, conducive and healthy society. This work adopts a sociological approach in its study and is framed with the theory of crossing and dwelling. This work recommends that people should be careful in the use of the environment in order to reduce the rate of environmental degradation prevalent in our society today. It also recommends that religious leaders should advise their adherents on the use of the earth with the view that we are all stewards and must give account of how we use things giving to us to care for.
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This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks at the concept of church and social welfare institution with regards to identifying how the church has helped and will still help in bring a change to the unfavourable conditions of people and also how she has been carrying out charitable works in the society. The paper gives a vivid understanding of the concept of church and social welfare institution. The institutions as founded by either the government or individuals have in myriad ways made contributions in changing the pitiable conditions of the masses. The church on the other hand in recent times has taking a centre stage in this direction which is seen as part of her social gospel. In this regard therefore, this work will look at some of those areas of concern the church has helped and is still helping in bettering the lives of the masses
Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern from so many scholars. This is due to some conceptions and misconceptions of those scholars as they maintained that those churches are not meeting up with the societal expectations on them. Some also maintained that the level of immorality is on the increase despite the rising number of these churches. It will be germane at this point to postulate that church proliferation is a two pole entity which an emphasis on one side disallows and rejects the positivity of the opposite. Nigeria is a religious country that has allowed multiplicity of churches as her roles in the society are enormous. This work therefore seeks to examine Omega Power Ministry as a church that proliferated recently and to bring to bear all the assiduous efforts she is making to see that people are living in sound health and mind hence the topic of this article, ‘ Church proliferation and its societal benefits; Omega Power Ministry an example. This work is theoretically framed with the Christian theory of human development. This theory was advanced by R.M Thomas (1990) who posits two cardinal goals to human endeavour, which is Christian’s pursuit of everlasting life in heaven and the practice of doing good in individual’s live by helping the poor, the needy, the depressed and contributing to societal development. Thus these cardinal goals of human development are hung on two principal of charity and justice which are seen in church’s work of social services to the societies
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Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of the greatest challenges of our time. Man as the inhabitant of the environment is a religious being who has a profession of one religion or the other. The environment as he sees himself has really affected him and also his relationship with the object of worship which is as a result of advancement in technology, modernity and man’s quest to explore and control the environment. This work looks at how man interacts with his environment and how man as a religious being is been affected by ecology. It will further look at how some religious traditions are working towards helping in contributing to correcting some of these ecological problems prevalent in the society today with the aim of arriving at a better, conducive and healthy society. This work adopts a sociological approach in its study and is framed with the theory of crossing and dwelling. This work recommends that people should be careful in the use of the environment in order to reduce the rate of environmental degradation prevalent in our society today. It also recommends that religious leaders should advise their adherents on the use of the earth with the view that we are all stewards and must give account of how we use things giving to us to care for.
Keywords: Religious, Response, Ecological, Issues, Overview.
This paper is focused on the church as a social welfare institution in Nigeria. It looks at the concept of church and social welfare institution with regards to identifying how the church has helped and will still help in bring a change to the unfavourable conditions of people and also how she has been carrying out charitable works in the society. The paper gives a vivid understanding of the concept of church and social welfare institution. The institutions as founded by either the government or individuals have in myriad ways made contributions in changing the pitiable conditions of the masses. The church on the other hand in recent times has taking a centre stage in this direction which is seen as part of her social gospel. In this regard therefore, this work will look at some of those areas of concern the church has helped and is still helping in bettering the lives of the masses
Church proliferation is a concept that has in recent times received a lot of concern from so many scholars. This is due to some conceptions and misconceptions of those scholars as they maintained that those churches are not meeting up with the societal expectations on them. Some also maintained that the level of immorality is on the increase despite the rising number of these churches. It will be germane at this point to postulate that church proliferation is a two pole entity which an emphasis on one side disallows and rejects the positivity of the opposite. Nigeria is a religious country that has allowed multiplicity of churches as her roles in the society are enormous. This work therefore seeks to examine Omega Power Ministry as a church that proliferated recently and to bring to bear all the assiduous efforts she is making to see that people are living in sound health and mind hence the topic of this article, ‘ Church proliferation and its societal benefits; Omega Power Ministry an example. This work is theoretically framed with the Christian theory of human development. This theory was advanced by R.M Thomas (1990) who posits two cardinal goals to human endeavour, which is Christian’s pursuit of everlasting life in heaven and the practice of doing good in individual’s live by helping the poor, the needy, the depressed and contributing to societal development. Thus these cardinal goals of human development are hung on two principal of charity and justice which are seen in church’s work of social services to the societies
Ecological issues have been a source of concern to some Nigerian experts and one of the greatest challenges of our time. Man as the inhabitant of the environment is a religious being who has a profession of one religion or the other. The environment as he sees himself has really affected him and also his relationship with the object of worship which is as a result of advancement in technology, modernity and man’s quest to explore and control the environment. This work looks at how man interacts with his environment and how man as a religious being is been affected by ecology. It will further look at how some religious traditions are working towards helping in contributing to correcting some of these ecological problems prevalent in the society today with the aim of arriving at a better, conducive and healthy society. This work adopts a sociological approach in its study and is framed with the theory of crossing and dwelling. This work recommends that people should be careful in the use of the environment in order to reduce the rate of environmental degradation prevalent in our society today. It also recommends that religious leaders should advise their adherents on the use of the earth with the view that we are all stewards and must give account of how we use things giving to us to care for.
Keywords: Religious, Response, Ecological, Issues, Overview.