Religion: Past and Present in Nigeria
Keywords:
Religion, Nigeria, Christianity, Islam and African traditional ReligionAbstract
Nigeria is a heterogenic Society with so many religions and tribes. Religion is an important phenomenon in contemporary Nigeria as it affects every segment of the Nigerian Society. There are basically three major religions in Nigeria i.e. Christianity, Islam and African traditional Religion. This study is an attempt to trace the history of the three major religions in Nigeria, to access how the major religions have
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