AN EXAMINATION OF THE RESPONSE OF YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGIONAND CULTURE TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE IN THE CONTEMPORARYSOCIETY
Corruptionisacankerworm,whichhasnotonlyeatendeepintothefabricsoftheNigeriansocio-economic,politicalandreligiouslives,butalsosoiledthecharacterandpersonalityofeveryNigerianwithoutyetanyhopeforsolution.Thetraditionalsocietieswerenotpersesacrosanctofthisepidemicastherewereelementsofcorruptionhereandthe...
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Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2020
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In: |
Religions' educator
Jahr: 2020, Band: 19, Heft: 1, Seiten: 103-112 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
African Religion
B Corruption and Nigerian Society |
Zusammenfassung: | Corruptionisacankerworm,whichhasnotonlyeatendeepintothefabricsoftheNigeriansocio-economic,politicalandreligiouslives,butalsosoiledthecharacterandpersonalityofeveryNigerianwithoutyetanyhopeforsolution.Thetraditionalsocietieswerenotpersesacrosanctofthisepidemicastherewereelementsofcorruptionhereandtherebutthemagnitudeanddimensionwerenotsopronouncedintraditionalsocietiesbecauseoftheinseparableattachmentthepeoplehadwithreligionwhichpermeatedallspheresoftheirlives,whichmadethemdissociatethemselvesfromanythingevil,corruptandabhorredinsociety.Giventheaboveposition,thewriterscallforallNigerianstobemorereligiouslyconsciousandadoptaliveofmoralrectitudeasthoseinourtraditionalsocietiesinordertogetpresentNigeriansocietycleansedofitscorruptanddecayingqualitieswhilemoreeffectivesanctionsshouldbemetedtoanyindividuals(s)orpublicofficer(s)foundwantingindischargingpublicduties as an antidote against corruption. |
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ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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