In this Book
- Culture, Development and Religious Change: The Nigerian Perspective
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: M & J Grand Orbit Communications
summary
The book is an introduction to the study of culture, with emphasis on the dynamism factor intrinsic and susceptible to generating growth, development initiatives and change, especially in religion and other aspects of Nigerian society. The collection of 19 papers is organised into five parts: Concepts and Theoretical Alignments, Social Institutions in Culture Change and Development, Religious Traditions and Change Experience, Votaries and Sectarian Reaction to Culture and Religious Change, and Pastoral Objective and the Management of Cultural Diversity and Change in Christianity.
Table of Contents
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- About the Contributors
- pp. vii-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part One. Concepts and Theoretical Alignments
- Part Two. Social Institutions, Culture Change and Development
- 5. Culture and Development
- pp. 115-128
- 6. The Family Institution and Social Change
- pp. 129-142
- Part Three. Religious Traditions and Change Experience
- 10. Trend Analysis of Change in Modern Islam
- pp. 177-194
- Part Four. Votaries and Sectarian Reaction to Culture and Religious Change
- 13. Identity and Religious Change
- pp. 231-264
- Part Five. Pastoral Objective and the Management of Cultural Diversity and Change in Christianity
Additional Information
ISBN
9789785420845
Related ISBN(s)
9789785420883
MARC Record
OCLC
973809729
Pages
416
Launched on MUSE
2017-03-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
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