Emerging Religious Marketplace in Nigeria: A Quest for Interpretation

International Journal of Theology and Reformed Tradition 6:47-61 (2014)
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Abstract

In contemporary Nigerian society, the evolving trends in Christian religious culture suggest that neoliberal (social) mind-set is influencing certain practices in many Churches. The objective of this paper is to examine how the above-mentioned contemporary culture influences current religious landscape. The sociological concept of commodification was adopted as a way of ‘reading’ this religious context. The research methodology combines theoretical and ethnographic approaches to this study. The research findings show that neoliberal mind-set is influencing how religious commodification shapes the characteristics of Nigerian Christian marketplace.

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Emmanuel Orok Duke
Pontificia Universita Gregoriana (PhD)

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