A Quiet Revolution: Some Social and Religious Perspectives on the Nigerian Crisis

by Joseph F. Mali

Overview

In A Quiet Revolution: Some Social and Religious Perspectives on the Nigerian Crisis, Joseph F. Mali argues that contrary to popular belief, corruption and failed leadership are not at the heart of the Nigerian crisis. The real trouble with Nigeria, Mali states, is a lifestyle of profound selfishness, which the people and their leaders have in common.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433125010
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	04/28/2014
Series:	Religion and Society in Africa , #1
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph F. Mali, a Nigerian Catholic priest, is the Director of Pastoral Care and Mission Effectiveness at Saint Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is also the Catholic Chaplain of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Mali has a diploma in religious studies from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, a Bachelor of Divinity in theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, a Master of Arts in biblical studies from Saint John’s University in Jamaica, New York, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in theology, with specialization in the New Testament, from Fordham University in Bronx, New York. He is the author of The Christian Gospel and Its Jewish Roots: A Redaction-Critical Study of Mark 2:21–22 in Context (2009) and A Time to Break Silence: To the Catholic Bishops of Northern Nigeria (2012).

Table of Contents

Contents: Origin of Nigeria’s Problems – The Real Problem of Nigeria – Crisis as Judgment – The Paradox of Religion – A Quiet Revolution – A Unifying Ideology for Nigeria – A New Way of Being Nigerian – Saving the Next Generation.

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