EXAMINATION OF THE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM ETHICAL, POLITICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERCEPTIONS FOR EACH OTHER IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATION FOR HARMONIOUS INTERRELIGIOUS COEXISTENCE

Abstract

This paper entitled; Examination of the Christian Muslim Ethical, Political and Theological Perceptions for each other in Nigeria: Implication for Harmonious interreligious coexistence, aimed at examining the perceptions of Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. Among the most difficult challenges that the world is currently passing through are tribal or ethnic conflicts, political oppression, social violence, and disharmony, which are responsible for killings and all are as a result of the negative perceptions Christians and Muslims have for each other. Christians and Muslims Ethical Perceptions tend to be based on the foundational principles of their respective faith. Christians typically believe in the sanctity of life and the importance of ethics, values, and morals as derived from Biblical principles, and they adhere to all of them strictly, in both Muslim and Christian communities, there is a tendency to regard the other
faith with suspicion, often leading to tension and even violence. Christianity and Islam have been two of the dominant religious influences in Nigeria. While both religions coexisted peacefully in the past, there has continued to be increasing aggression between adherents of the two religions thereby resulting in religious and political conflicts in the country. The paper uses Historical and descriptive survey method for data collection and analysis. Effort have been made to proffer recommendations for taming the incidents of religious intolerance as a result of negative perceptions for each other.