INCLA INSIGHTS ON CONSECRATED LIFE

Faced with the evils of corrupt socio-politicking and the ills of postmodernity, most consecrated persons in Nigeria are blindsided in their approach to critiquing the various socio-political, cultural, and philosophical worldviews that have continuously destroyed the dignity of human life. They have either remained complacent or lack the morality and religious impetus to condemn the prevailing socio-political ills of our time. Hence, these deficiencies place a question mark on their identity as consecrated persons and importantly the place of consecrated persons in Nigeria. In a remarkable turn of events and generations, consecrated persons have continuously struggled to discern and engage the prophetic nature of their religious calling following the re-occurring maladies of socio-politicking in Nigeria. How have we arrived at a world that dismisses prophetic witnessing as a mark of religious witnessing? What use are consecrated persons if they remain cavaliers in the face of such socio-political ills? How would consecrated persons exercise their prophetic force and identity as signs of contradictions if they dance to the piper’s tune and empty promises of greedy socio-political urchins? To respond to the challenging situation, this work seeks to unmask the socio-problems that challenge the foundation of our religious beliefs. To define the place of consecrated persons in Nigerian socio-politics; to exercise their prophetic voices as signs of contradictions and imperative for nation building.

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