BIUJFAE 1(1)7
CHRISTIANITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION:
A Focus on Burial Rites, Leadership and Festivals.
Ehisienmen Charles
Abstract
This paper interrogates the influence of Christianity on the African Traditional Religion (henceforth, ATR). These two religious poles are examined from the prisms of burial rights, leadership and festivals. The troika would enable us to understand the rationale for the ascendancy of the Christian faith while the ATR has taken a cheerless nosedive. Indeed, the latter…
BIUJFAE 1(1)9
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIANITY ON INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN CENTRAL NIGERIA.
Terna Mark Gboko
Abstract
This chapter dwells on Christianity and the impact it has on indigenous religious practices in Central Nigeria, this has been done as a result of the scarce nature of academic literature on the subject matter. The study adopted the use of secondary sources of data to articulate the discourse. It examined the nature and character of indigenous religions in central Nigeria before the advent of Christianity using the selected cases of Tiv, Idoma, and Igala ethnic groups in the geographical enclave. Given this, the chapter argues that Christianity is not an indigenous religion but rather it was introduced by European missionaries and subsequently was embraced by..
BIUJFAE 1(1)10
POTTERY ECONOMY OF RURAL WOMEN
IN THE POST-COLONIAL TIV LAND.
Aondoakula Sambe
Abstract
Many studies have been done on rural Tiv women. However, there is a paucity of literature on the impact of the pottery industry on rural women in Tiv area. This article intervenes to fill the existing gap. It delves into the history and impact of pottery industry on the economy of rural women in the post-colonial Tivland. To achieve this, the study employs the use of primary and secondary sources of data in tandem with interdisciplinary methods. It investigates the origin and the process of pottery production in the area under consideration. The paper explains the types of pottery vessels produced and used in the area including gbande, tsua, ityegh, ishawa, ichenge, buufu, asusu, dzwar, and…
BIUJFAE 1(1)11
INSECURITY AND RETARDATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE BENUE VALLEY: Implications for Nigerian Industrialization.
Professor Toryina Ayati Varvar
Abstract
The paper takes a historical look at the phenomena of crises and insecurity in the Benue Valley area
of Nigeria. Using extant historical sources, it affirms the indispensable nexus between thriving
agricultural production and successful industrialization. The evidence thrown up leads to the major
conclusion that the persistent crisis and insecurity in the Benue valley area and the resultant massive
disruption of agricultural activities poses a grave danger to Nigeria’s quest for industrialization and
sustainable development. Given the increasing prevalence of the crisis and insecurity situation in…
BIUJFAE 1(1)12
DISCOURSE FEATURES, PATTERNS AND COHESION IN PRAYER: A Study of John 17
Charisa Dada, Ph.D
Abstract
This paper examines the discourse features, patterns and cohesion of a text; namely, the biblical prayer in John chapter 17. The text is analyzed structurally. Discourse categories and strategies instantiated in the text are identified as well as the cohesive devices which aid in its overall comprehension. The descriptive categories were adapted from Coulthard and Montgomery (1981), Adedun and Mekiliuwa (2010) and Halliday and Matthiessen (2014). The findings show that the text is a conversational event consisting of three classes of transactions: informing, declaring, and directing. It also consists of main and subsidiary discourses, and thirteen Acts which…
BIUJFAE 1(1)13
HISTORICIZING THE STUDY OF DIALECTICS IN PHILOSOPHY.
Thaddeus T. Ityonzughul, PhD
Abstract
This study historicizes the philosophical notion of dialectics. This endeavour developed from the contributions of early Greek philosophers like Parmenides and Zeno, through Socrates’ contribution to Hegel, Marx, and beyond. The issue that this essay aims to examine is whether the discourses on dialectics have developed beyond Hegel and Marx, who are recognized as having brought the discourse to its zenith. The investigation also discovered that some philosophers after Hegel and Marx replied to them, either through rebuttals, full or…