The Impact of Ethno-Religious Conflicts on Moral Lives of Christian Youths in Kaduna State , Nigeria.

dc.contributor.authorBONGONTONS, I. O.
dc.contributor.authorADAMU, I. L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-09T13:29:34Z
dc.date.available2021-08-09T13:29:34Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractPeople in a religious society arc expected lo live peaceful and harmonious life. The purpose of religion is to provide social cohesion to help maintain social solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs, social control to enforce religious-based morals and norms to help maintain conformity and control. In Kaduna Slate, elhnoreligious conflicts crises have been a continuous phenomenon from the Kafanchan crisis of 1987 to this present day of Fulani herdsmen and farmers clashes.. The adverse effects have not been limited to the destruction oflives and properties but even the moral lives youths in the State. The incidence among the Christian youths has been exceptional because of the religious dimension of these crises. This paper examined the moral impact of those elhnoreligious crises on the moral lives of Christian youths in the State. Data were collected from 746 respondents with a structured questionnaire through a stratified random procedure across churches in all the local government areas of the state. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out with the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), IBM version 26. The procedure adopted in the presentation of results includes descriplive statistics. Results revealed that the crises have greatly affected the moral lives of Christian youths across the state. Among others, (he study recommended that Churches leaders adhere to the teaching of Jesus Christ on crises management and that Government should enforce the protection of life and properties of citizens which is their primary duty.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12493
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEthno-Religious Conflicts,en_US
dc.subjectMoral Lives,en_US
dc.subjectChristian Youths,en_US
dc.subjectKaduna State , Nigeriaen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Ethno-Religious Conflicts on Moral Lives of Christian Youths in Kaduna State , Nigeria.en_US
dc.typePreprinten_US
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