Syncretic Beliefs and Practices amongst Christians in Nigeria: Causes and Way Forward

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dc.creatorDeborah Oluwaseun Jegede
dc.creatorSunday Noah Onaolapo
dc.creatorNiyi Jacob Ogunode
dc.date2023-03-16
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-21T08:17:58Z
dc.date.available2023-08-21T08:17:58Z
dc.descriptionThis paper discussed the factors responsible for syncretic beliefs and practices amongst Christians in Nigeria. Secondary data were adopted in the paper. The data were collected from published and unpublished articles. The paper identified protection, power, childbearing, healing and deliverance, unfulfilled needs, miracles, a policy of religious tolerance and materialism as causes of syncretic beliefs and practices amongst Christians in Nigeria. To address and solve this problem, the paper hereby recommended that Church leaders in Nigeria should openly discourage members from engaging in syncretic practices, and should be enlightened on the effects of such engagements. They should be encouraged to trust and wait patiently in the almighty God as the source of their helps as Christiansen-US
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dc.identifierhttps://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/4146
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.umsida.ac.id/handle/123456789/17927
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherResearch Parks Publishing LLCen-US
dc.relationhttps://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/4146/3909
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en-US
dc.sourceInternational Journal on Integrated Education; Vol. 6 No. 3 (2023): International Journal on Integrated Education (IJIE); 166-172en-US
dc.source2620-3502
dc.source2615-3785
dc.subjectBeliefs, Christians, Syncretism, practicesen-US
dc.titleSyncretic Beliefs and Practices amongst Christians in Nigeria: Causes and Way Forwarden-US
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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