Lawrence Nwachukwu Okwuosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 311835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Nwachukwu Okwuosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence Nwachukwu |
| FAMILY NAME | Okwuosa |
| SIGNATURE | OKWUOSA L N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3734-8441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Inmates’ Adaptation to Prison
Incarceration is one of the most stressful life experiences with negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of the prisoners. Sufficient studies exist on the association between religiosity and adjustment to prison (ATP) but no studies have investigated the mediating variables explaining this link. This study examined the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between religiosity and ATP. Participants 513 inmates (males = 410, females…
Catholic Priests’ Involvement in Nigerian Politics
Going against their sacred calling, Catholic priests are using the pulpit to engage in partisan politics. This emerging trend has stirred mixed feelings. Exploring this new reality in the light of religion and social transformation, this paper argues that political preaching is religious obligation found in the Catholic Social Teachings and a positive response to social change. While this novelty faces a lot of challenges, this study shows differ…
Perceived stress and health-related quality of life in cancer patients
Food practices as informing religious identity and connections in Oguta, Southeastern Nigeria
There is an increasing awareness of African Traditional Religion and cultures in terms of identification, preservation, documentation and celebration mostly in the areas of festivals, masquerades, cultic groups, spirituality and architecture. However, one area that has not been explored is food practice. This daily human experience, which has aura of sacredness and moral values, is a significant part of African traditional religion. This study ex…
Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Uni…
No abstract available
Widowhood practices and the church in south-east Nigeria
Widowhood practice is an unjust cultural practice directed against women who lose their husbands. The effects of this long-time culture on society, especially women, are continuing even in the 21st century as a result of rules, laws and regulations, and cultural values that have been laid down by the ancestors and nurtured by subsequent generations. The findings of the research indicated that discriminatory widowhood practices were humiliating to…
Seeing the world through the eyes of God
Religious and existential concerns interweave in many books of the Bible to give attention to human’s existential anguish, the sense of guilt, the horror of death, the atrocious experience of the absurd. While many contemporary existentialist philosophers prefer to do without God in the attempt to deal with human’s existential contradictions, the search takes the authors of the Bible through intense spiritual struggles as they attempt to confront…
Mammy Water and Her Women’s Cult during the Nigeria-Biafra War in Oguta
The Nigeria-Biafra war, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, was fought on various fronts and in various tactics. Although the war was about the independence of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, for Oguta people of Southeastern Nigeria, it was a challenge to their goddess, Mammy Water and the people’s faith in her to protect their lives and properties. This paper, thus, studies the involvement of Mammy Water and her women cult during the Nigeria-Bi…
The role of Christianity in gender issues and development in Nigeria
Gender issues permeate all socio-cultural institutions. They condition how people of different genders see themselves, act and relate with each other in any giving situation and time. In Nigeria, the issue of gender is one that affects all facets of human life. It affects personality traits, gender role behaviour, social status, acquisition of property, inheritance, occupation and responsibility in the family, and society. Since most traditional …
The Principle of Subsidiarity for Sustainable Development in Church-State Relationship in Nigeria
The history of Nigeria since its independence in 1960 has been one of instability and underdevelopment. Nigeria is blessed with abundant human (close to 200 million people), material, and natural resources.1 Though Nigeria is the world’s tenth largest producer of crude oil and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil, has the sixth largest gas reserves in the world and is richly endowed with about…
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The role of Christianity in gender issues and development in Nigeria
Gender issues permeate all socio-cultural institutions. They condition how people of different genders see themselves, act and relate with each other in any giving situation and time. In Nigeria, the issue of gender is one that affects all facets of human life. It affects personality traits, gender role behaviour, social status, acquisition of property, inheritance, occupation and responsibility in the family, and society. Since most traditional …
The Principle of Subsidiarity for Sustainable Development in Church-State Relationship in Nigeria
The history of Nigeria since its independence in 1960 has been one of instability and underdevelopment. Nigeria is blessed with abundant human (close to 200 million people), material, and natural resources.1 Though Nigeria is the world’s tenth largest producer of crude oil and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil, has the sixth largest gas reserves in the world and is richly endowed with about…
Widowhood practices and the church in south-east Nigeria
Widowhood practice is an unjust cultural practice directed against women who lose their husbands. The effects of this long-time culture on society, especially women, are continuing even in the 21st century as a result of rules, laws and regulations, and cultural values that have been laid down by the ancestors and nurtured by subsequent generations. The findings of the research indicated that discriminatory widowhood practices were humiliating to…
Seeing the world through the eyes of God
Religious and existential concerns interweave in many books of the Bible to give attention to human’s existential anguish, the sense of guilt, the horror of death, the atrocious experience of the absurd. While many contemporary existentialist philosophers prefer to do without God in the attempt to deal with human’s existential contradictions, the search takes the authors of the Bible through intense spiritual struggles as they attempt to confront…
Mammy Water and Her Women’s Cult during the Nigeria-Biafra War in Oguta
The Nigeria-Biafra war, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, was fought on various fronts and in various tactics. Although the war was about the independence of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, for Oguta people of Southeastern Nigeria, it was a challenge to their goddess, Mammy Water and the people’s faith in her to protect their lives and properties. This paper, thus, studies the involvement of Mammy Water and her women cult during the Nigeria-Bi…
Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Uni…
No abstract available
Perceived stress and health-related quality of life in cancer patients
Food practices as informing religious identity and connections in Oguta, Southeastern Nigeria
There is an increasing awareness of African Traditional Religion and cultures in terms of identification, preservation, documentation and celebration mostly in the areas of festivals, masquerades, cultic groups, spirituality and architecture. However, one area that has not been explored is food practice. This daily human experience, which has aura of sacredness and moral values, is a significant part of African traditional religion. This study ex…
Inmates’ Adaptation to Prison
Incarceration is one of the most stressful life experiences with negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of the prisoners. Sufficient studies exist on the association between religiosity and adjustment to prison (ATP) but no studies have investigated the mediating variables explaining this link. This study examined the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between religiosity and ATP. Participants 513 inmates (males = 410, females…
Catholic Priests’ Involvement in Nigerian Politics
Going against their sacred calling, Catholic priests are using the pulpit to engage in partisan politics. This emerging trend has stirred mixed feelings. Exploring this new reality in the light of religion and social transformation, this paper argues that political preaching is religious obligation found in the Catholic Social Teachings and a positive response to social change. While this novelty faces a lot of challenges, this study shows differ…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works)