This festschrift in honour of Rev. Mons. Prof. Dr. Obiora lke contains sixteen chapters dealing with issues of theology, education, ethcs and development. Contributions: A life for justice & peace: a laudatio for Monsignor Obiora lke (Ikechukwu J. Ani).

1. The future of our Christianity (Theophilus Okere);
2. Justice for the poor and needy: a weighty matter in religion (Marysylvia Nwachukwu);
3. The state and religion in Nigeria: towards an appropriate relationship in the 21st century (Michael O. Maduagwu);
4. Dealing with the recent epidemic of prophecies in Nigeria: towards a theology of prophetism (Ancke Anthony Anayochukwu);
5. Internalizing the preferential option for the poor frorn the perspectives of Catholic social teaching and liberation theology: lessons for Catholic schools in Nigeria (Maria Ugonna R. Igbo).

Section II. Issues on education.
6. Nigeria higher education: regulatory imperatives for the pursuit of excellence (Bartholomew Ndubuisi Okolo);
7. The denigrated place of teachers in Nigeria - the bleak future of education and national development (Okechukwu Chukwuemeka & Okolo Johnpaul);
8. Female genital cutting and the role of religious education in Igboland (Leonard Chidi llechukwu);
9. Toward nurturing (pedagogy) education for democratic growth in Nigeria (Felix Ugwuozor);
10. The imperatives for healthy education and integral development (Chinedu L. Egbo); Perennialism and its effect on Nigerian education system in the light of Mortimer - Adler (Chukwu Ikechukwu Onyekachukwu).

Section III. Issues on ethics.
12. Challenges on global poverty and global health - from millennium development goals (MDGs) to sustainable development goals (SDGs), lessons from the perspective of Christian social ethics (Obiora Ike);
13. The impact of ethics in business development: the Nigerian situation (Stanley Emi);