عنوان

Violent Christians, the Nigerian Public Square, and the Utility of Jesus' Forgiveness Sayings for Tackling Religious Violence

شماره

LA112910

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Violent Christians, the Nigerian Public Square, and the Utility of Jesus' Forgiveness Sayings for Tackling Religious Violence

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Victor I. Ezigbo

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article explores the questions: Is Jesus' teaching on forgiveness compatible with Nigerian Christians' strategies of preemptive violence or counter-violent responses in light of harms done to them by people of other faiths? Are there some Christological reasons that might motivate Nigerian Christians to refrain from using violence as the only effective means available to them to protect Christian communities against attacks from people of other faiths? To answer these questions, I will focus on three main issues. Firstly, I will discuss the theological rhetoric of some pastors that are shaping Christian discourse on Christian-Muslim and Christian-traditional religion relations. Secondly, I will discuss the idea of 'disciple' and 'non-disciple' dialectics in Jesus' thought vis-à-vis how his followers are to live in relation to his non-followers. Finally, I will also discuss Jesus' teaching on forgiveness, highlighting some of its theological implications for tackling religious violence that are rooted in some Nigerian Christians' anxieties about other religious faiths. This article explores the questions: Is Jesus' teaching on forgiveness compatible with Nigerian Christians' strategies of preemptive violence or counter-violent responses in light of harms done to them by people of other faiths? Are there some Christological reasons that might motivate Nigerian Christians to refrain from using violence as the only effective means available to them to protect Christian communities against attacks from people of other faiths? To answer these questions, I will focus on three main issues. Firstly, I will discuss the theological rhetoric of some pastors that are shaping Christian discourse on Christian-Muslim and Christian-traditional religion relations. Secondly, I will discuss the idea of 'disciple' and 'non-disciple' dialectics in Jesus' thought vis-à-vis how his followers are to live in relation to his non-followers. Finally, I will also discuss Jesus' teaching on forgiveness, highlighting some of its theological implications for tackling religious violence that are rooted in some Nigerian Christians' anxieties about other religious faiths.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

236-259

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

12/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

African traditional religions

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

forgiveness

اصطلاح موضوعی

Islam

اصطلاح موضوعی

Jesus Christ

اصطلاح موضوعی

kingdom

اصطلاح موضوعی

public square

اصطلاح موضوعی

theology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Victor I. Ezigbo

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15697320-12341537

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y