THE AFRICAN COMMUNALISM THEOLOGY RELIGION ESSAY The present-day emphasis on religious pluralism has made more pressing than ever the call and need for a genuine interreligious dialogue. However, exp
THE AFRICAN COMMUNALISM THEOLOGY RELIGION ESSAY The present-day emphasis on religious pluralism has made more pressing than ever the call and need for a genuine interreligious dialogue. However, exp
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THE AFRICAN COMMUNALISM THEOLOGY RELIGION ESSAY
The present-day emphasis on religious pluralism has made more pressing than ever the call and need for a genuine interreligious dialogue. However, experience has shown that a genuine interreligious dialogue is always difficult if not impossible to come by not only in Nigeria but in other parts of the world as well. The reason for this is not farfetched. For me the most notable reason among others is the claim of superiority by some religions over others.
claim suffocates any efforts to any interreligious dialogue that is based on mutual and equal footing. Whether this claim will ever cease to be made is difficult to ascertain. Yet different religions in Nigeria as well as in other parts of the world need a platform with a value capable of generating a genuine interreligious dialogue. This paper argues that applying the value of African communalism into the Religious Ecumenical Bodies in Africa will help to achieve a genuine interreligious dialogue in this