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Interreligious dialogue as a myth
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 The authors aim in this article to show why it is extremely difficult to expect representatives of missionary religions to engage in productive interreligious dialogue. The article demonstrates how the imperative to convert, which is rooted in a sense of
Josephine N. Akah, Anthony C. Ajah
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‘I bu Delaila ji aguba’: Revisiting the perception of sociopaths in an African community
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Reports of increasing family violence abound in Nigeria. Although studies have implicated cultural constructs as the basis for this trend, this study specifically contemplated the nexus between the increased violence and Anti-Social Personality Disorder (
Paulinus O. Agbo
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Exploring the reasons for perennial attacks on churches in Nigeria through the victims’ perspective
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 Although there are several provisions within the Nigerian legal framework that, however, address the issue of church attack, the state capacity to implement effective constitutional sanctioning on perpetrators of this heinous crime has always been found ...
Enweonwu O. Anthony +7 more
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Begging enterprise: A growing trend among Igbo Christians in Nsukka Urban
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 It is obvious that the practice of begging is growing exponentially and changing into various forms mostly among the Christians in the Nsukka area. Although begging has long been in existence in the Nsukka area, it has never been encouraged.
Ndidiamaka V. Ugwu +1 more
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The sociologically acceptable definition of religion [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2004 In this article the author has presented several important issues regarding the sociology of religion, but primarily the issue of the sociologically acceptable definition of religion both in theoretical and empirical research.
Blagojević Mirko
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Who gets what? Assessing the reincarnation debate
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Reincarnation is a death-specific and forward-looking philosophico-religious phenomenon that enjoys a cross-cultural appeal. It represents the theory that when the soul separates from the body at death, it informs another body for another round of ...
Nicholas U. Asogwa, Michael E. Onwuama
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Recognition and justification: Towards a rationalisation approach to inculturation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Several religious and theological approaches to culture in African studies have assessed the idea of inculturation as a helpless incorporation of cultural values from one culture into another.
Josephine N. Akah +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article makes a contribution towards understanding the correlation between Úgwú (hill or mountain) and personal names among the Igbo people of Nigeria. Sacralisation of the natural environment which include hills or mountains is a belief that cuts
Paulinus O. Agbo +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 This study affirmed the fact that there is the idea of salvation in all religions whether revealed or indigenous. This applies categorically to Christianity and Igbo traditional religion (ITR).
Omaka K. Ngele +3 more
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Religious aberration in Nigerian contemporary society: A critique
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Religion has been a part of sociopolitical movements from the dawn of history. With a strong emphasis on morality, religion and religious people were expected to live an exemplary life in society.
Chioma P. Onuorah
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