NDLI: Nigeria's Multi-Religious Platform: A Myth or Reality - Public Holidays a Question

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Nigeria's Multi-Religious Platform: A Myth or Reality - Public Holidays a Question

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Ekwenze, Solomon A. M.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Religion is as old as the origin of man's discovery of the existence of certain events or phenomena beyond his comprehension. The result is an institutionalized belief in the existence of supernatural beings that control these inexplicable scenarios. This position has the potential to engender societal cohesion particularly built on present and perennial fear of instant punishment, the suspended dread of eternal damnation or the positive alternative of instant reward and eternal bliss. The exploration of the potential that religion possesses, leads to explosions of faith by the practitioners and adherents of different religions. These unlock the contradicting indices of disunity, rancor and even wars arising from variation in dogmas which is inevitable, considering the inherent subjectivity-nature of beliefs. The negative proclivities are exacerbated by solid and sometimes, immutable feelings of superiority complex by one religion over the others, which meander through and corrode the crevices of the divisions. Ensconced in their various 'divinely' created cocoons, they struggle to de-recognise or unrecognise any other religion thereby leading to 'closed' recognised holiday periods by governments; oblivious of the beliefs of others in other religions including those whose religion is not to believe in any supernatural being. This paper makes a case for accommodating all persons in determining holiday periods which includes the interests and 'holy days' designated by all persons and groups within the Nigerian state.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.2838827
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://coou.edu.ng/resources/nigerias-multi-religious-platform.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2838827
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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