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Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
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Pages : 414
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Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
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Author: George T. Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
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Pages : 315
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Author: George Thomas Basden
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ISBN: 9781230257013
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM Of late years it has become fashionable to write freely and not always with due regard to accuracy, concerning the apparent success of Mohammedanism in Nigeria, and the alleged failure of Christianity. It is asserted that the ethics of the former are eminently suited to the Nigerian. "Everything," it is stated, "is in favour of Islam." It does not "insist upon exacting demands with regard to sex-relationships, contrary to the promptings of nature." In other words, it stands for the flesh which "lusteth against the Spirit." It is the expression of the doctrine to "do-as-you-please," to follow the "promptings of nature," as against the crucifixion of the " flesh with the affections and lusts "; in short, it is the very antithesis of the teaching of Jesus Christ. "Conversion to Islam does not mean for the converted a break with his interests (there is neither demand for repentance nor need of forgiveness), his family, his social life, his respect for the authority of his rulers. He is not left stranded as the Christian Church, having once converted, leaves him, a pitiful, rudderless barque upon a troubled sea. He does not become, through conversion, an alien in thought, in custom, and in outlook; a foreigner in his own land, a citizen of none." 1 Contrast the above with the words of H. E. Sir Frederick Lugard, who has spent the best part of his life in Africa, as against the former writer's three months' tour. Whilst admitting that "Mohammedanism has done much to check the cruelty consequent on the superstitions of pagan people," yet, "in our view it does not, either as an ethical code or as a spiritual force, approach to the Gospel." 1 Nigeria; Jtt Peopkt and its Problems," E. D. Morel, p. 217. Or again, compare the...
Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
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Pages : 321
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Author: George T. Basden
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Category : Igbo (African people)
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Pages : 306
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Author: George Thomas Basden
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: G. T. Basden
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