The praxis of reconciliation among religious groups in northern Nigeria : a pastoral care approach
Date
2020
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African Sun Media
Abstract
Nigeria as a multi-religious country has three main religious groups – Christians,
Muslims, and the adherents of traditional religions. But the most populous of the
three are Christians and Muslims, while the former are found more in the south-east
and south-west of the country among the Igbo and Yoruba major ethnic groups,
the latter are concentrated more in the north among the Hausa/Fulani2 major ethnic
group. Impliedly, in Northern Nigeria Christians constitute the minority who comes
from the minority ethnic groups and a meagre number from the Hausa/Fulani major
ethnic group. The two religious groups live together in the same communities with
some families having mix-religious adherents as a result of inter-marriages and or
proselytisation. But despite this togetherness, Christians and Muslims continue to
experience inter-religious tension.
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CITATION: Tuduks, O. D. 2020. The praxis of reconciliation among religious groups in northern Nigeria : a pastoral care approach, in Nel, M. J., Forster, D. A. & Thesnaar, C. H. (eds.) 2020. Reconciliation, forgiveness and violence in Africa : biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480532/09.
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Keywords
Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- Nigeria, Northern, Nigeria -- Religion
Citation
Tuduks, O. D. 2020. The praxis of reconciliation among religious groups in northern Nigeria : a pastoral care approach, in Nel, M. J., Forster, D. A. & Thesnaar, C. H. (eds.) 2020. Reconciliation, forgiveness and violence in Africa : biblical, pastoral and ethical perspectives. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480532/09.