Theological Content of the Christian Religious Studies Curriculum in Nigeria
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- ISBN 9781789978469
- Weight: 457g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Pastoral Theology is taught in secondary schools through the Christian Religious Studies (CRS) syllabus. The primary focus of this book is to present the theological content in the curriculum of CRS. It presents the actual content designed by educationists using the Nigerian model. This model has been discovered to be basically Christological in its approach. It is highly influenced by the historical influence of early Christian missionaries dating back to the 1500s and later structured after the English and Irish model before independence of many African countries. It shows why the teaching of CRS has stood the test of time within the various stages of the development of the secondary school syllabus. It proposes an African Theology of Education (ATE). It is linked with social Justice, public ethics and is closely connected with studying the Holy Bible.
Cyril Aigbadon Odia is the rector of the Salesian House of Theology located in St Catherine’s House in the University of Maynooth, Ireland. He is the Director of the Salesian National Youth office Ireland. He holds a first-class honours Master’s Degree with Dublin City University (DCU) in Leadership and Pastoral Care. He completed his doctoral research in Theology and Religious Studies with Mary Immaculate College (University of Limerick) in 2018. He is a professional musician and the Executive Producer of the Salesian Spirituality Movie, ‘The Oratory’. He was the Diocesan youth Chaplain of the Diocese of Rumbek and later the principal of Don Bosco Secondary school in Juba, South Sudan.
