Syncretism Among Christians in Nigeria and Their Implications for Nigerian Christians
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Human development is characterized mutualism informed by borrowing of cultural aspiration from one culture to another; this spreads across all aspects of human endeavour, the religious sphere not to be left out. It is with regard to such admissible borrowing that Christianity was preached amid aboriginal traditional practices of Nigerians. This made the already existing faith suffer temporal setback but surprisingly in recent times the interaction between Christianity became obvious and hence the blending of two religion. It is this blending of Christianity with other religious practice that is referred to as syncretism. This informs the reason why some Nigerians jumble Christianity with other inadmissible culture thereby polluting the Christian faith. This is done with the impression that Christianity could not adequately address the people’s problem. It is against this background that this article tries to come to grips with the syncrestic practices piously played among Christian faithful in Nigeria. The study adopted a phenomelogical research approach and made use of descriptive research design which also involved the use of data from primary and secondary sources, in its method of data analysis. The study reveals different syncrestic religion that is prevalent in Nigeria namely chrislam and Ifeoluwa, it also reveals syncretism amid Christian faithful in Nigeria. The study also unveils some members of secret cults, who hide under the guise of Christianity while they hold tenaciously to their cultic tenet and traditions. The implication of syncretism was also highlighted with a logical conclusion
Institution: University of Nigeria
Language: English
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3204052805