IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PRACTICE (IJRCP )

E-ISSN 2579-0501
P-ISSN 2695-219X
VOL. 10 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijrcp.vol.10.no3.2025.pg14.19

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Christian Religious Studies and Challenges of Moral Decadence in the Society of Nigeria. The Way Forward

Inusa Ada PhD, Haruna Godwin Ojonemi, Asabe Akhaine Duna

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Abstract

The decay in the Nigerian society has affected the standard of values and moral character formation. The society is bedeviled with various moral ills such as; kidnapping, child and women trafficking, drug trafficking and abuse, child abuse, banditry, money rituals, terrorism, Ethno-Religious motivated violence, prostitution, examination malpractice, armed robbery, sexual harassment, indecent dressing to mention but a few. The trust of this paper, is to examine how Christian religious studies can curb the challenge of moral decadence in the society of Nigeria. This paper adopted the analytical and review method, while the dynamic religion and morality theory, were used as the theoretical foundation for the study. The paper explores the concept of moral decadence and examined the Nigerian core moral values. It also discusses the factors responsible for moral decadence in Nigeria society and the role played by Christian religious studies in instilling good moral behaviour. Conclusion was drawn and recommendations made for way forward.

keywords:

Christian Religious Studies, Moral Decadence, Society Nigeria and way Forward

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