Browsing by Author "Opeloye, M. O."

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    Christian-African Religious Interactions in Nigeria
    (1994) Opeloye, M. O.; Asaju, D. F.
    In religiously plural societies such as Nigeria, interaction between adherents of different religions is inevitable. The capability to relate to one another depends on the nature of the religions, the preachers, the practitioners, the policies and actions of Governments. Interaction may be positive or negative. The latter is problematic because it engenders numerous social and political vices
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    Predestination and Freewill in the Bible and the Qur'an: a Comparative Appraisal
    (1988) Opeloye, M. O.
    Predestination and Free-Will are perhaps the most controversial theological concepts. The theological problem of whether or not divine will determines humans’ actions and salvation remains unresolved. Many Christians as well as Muslims are of the view that prior to creation, God had predestined the fate of man. Others hold the opposite view that man is the determiner of his fate. The Jabarites among the Muslims and the Calvinists among the Christians believe in the doctrine of predestination while the Qadarites and Mu'tazilites among the Muslims and the Pelagians in Christianity believe in Free-Will. It is paradoxical that each group finds justification for its views from the scriptures which is to say that the two concepts' are affirmed therein. In the light of this, it is generally believed that the scriptures contain contradictory teachings on these subjects. In our view, this results from lack of proper understanding of the scriptural teachings on predestination and free-will. This paper therefore attempts to examine the context of predestination and free-will in the Bible and Qur'an with a view to justifying the extent to which the teachings of the two scriptures on the two concepts are mutually complementary rather than contradictory as it is often thought.
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    Problems of Desecularizing Nigeria's Political Order
    (1988) Opeloye, M. O.
    Since the demise of the second republic and the second military intervention in Nigerian politics, Nigeria has been in search of a stable political system. A political bureau was established by the federal government for the purpose of conducting a national debate with a view to enabling Nigerians to make meaningful contributions for the formation of a political system of their choice. Since then, varied opinions have been expressed, some have advocated a one-party system, others a two-party system, while yet others opt for a zero party system.
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    The Scriptural Accounts of Creation and the Concept of Theistic Evolution
    (1994) Opeloye, M. O.
    The scriptures considered in this study are the Bible and the Q'uran. The doctrine of creation as enshrined in the two books (of Christianity and Islam) maintain respectively that the universe was not self creating, neither is it self - existing as it owes its origin and continued sustenance to the omnipotent power and the unconditional will of the Almighty God. The two scriptures' views on creation uphold the theory of creation ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) through supernatural fiat. This theory runs counter to the theory of emanation, which believes that the universe was made out of the substance of deity as contained in the Brahamic Sacred Books, as well as the theory that the universe was made out of something independent that either existed eternally or came spontaneously into being as contained in the cosmologies of the Greeks.
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    Teaching of Islamic Studies at the Junior and Senior Secondary Levels within the 6-3-3-4 Educational Structure
    (1989) Opeloye, M. O.
    The 6-3-3-4 structure is a recently adopted system which allows students to spend 6 years in the primary school, 3 years in the junior secondary school. Another 3 years in the senior secondary school and finally 4 years in the University. The 6-5-2-3 which was abolished allowed students to spend 6 years in the primary school, 5 years in the secondary school, 2 years in higher secondary school and 3 years in the university.