Catholic Social Teaching, Historical Overview and Application to the Challenges of Africa
Table of Contents

Chapter Title Page
Chapter 1 Towards a World for Everybody - Communicating Faith in the Diversity of Cultures: Context Nigeria 1
Chapter 2 Religion, Culture and Civilization – The Need for Dialogue 9
Chapter 3 Islam and Social Change in Africa: Approaches to and Perspectives of Social Transformation Processes in Africa 33
Chapter 4 African Human and Religious Values as Challenges to the Rest of the World 49
Chapter 5 The Church in Nigeria: The Family of God in Communion, Dialogue and Mission 63
Chapter 6 Beyond the Gender Agenda: Religion, Society and the Crisis of Values and Marriage in Contemporary Nigeria 73
Chapter 7 Mixed Marriage, the Gospel and the Youth: Reflections on our Faith in a Global and Pluralistic Society 87
Chapter 8 Potentialities for Development in Traditional, Social and Economic Structures in West Africa 97

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