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Cultural Implications of the Loss of Evil Forests in Nigeria: Application and Understanding Ecological Christology of Colossians 1:15-18

Cultural Implications of the Loss of Evil Forests in Nigeria: Application and Understanding Ecological Christology of Colossians 1:15-18

Ojo Olarewaju Paul
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781799825746|ISBN10: 1799825744|EISBN13: 9781799825753
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2574-6.ch002
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Paul, Ojo Olarewaju. "Cultural Implications of the Loss of Evil Forests in Nigeria: Application and Understanding Ecological Christology of Colossians 1:15-18." Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, edited by Essien Essien, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 16-25. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2574-6.ch002

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Paul, O. O. (2020). Cultural Implications of the Loss of Evil Forests in Nigeria: Application and Understanding Ecological Christology of Colossians 1:15-18. In E. Essien (Ed.), Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (pp. 16-25). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2574-6.ch002

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Paul, Ojo Olarewaju. "Cultural Implications of the Loss of Evil Forests in Nigeria: Application and Understanding Ecological Christology of Colossians 1:15-18." In Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, edited by Essien Essien, 16-25. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2574-6.ch002

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Abstract

That there is a missing link between environmentalists' understandings of and the application of the supremacy of Christ and the church over creation cannot be ignored. This has warranted a negative view of this doctrine in the face of current global ecological problems. In traditional African communities there was ambiguous reception of the Christian church, with its operational base confined to certain dangerous and ecologically orphaned ‘evil forests'. It is from these evil forests that the church has positively produced the present educational and political elite who should in turn protect the environment. With this fact, the multi-dimensional approach to tackling the ecological crisis in Nigeria will be set on a positive course.

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