Divine Will and Human Experience of Evil in Contemporary Nigerian Society:A Theological Reflection

Abstract

Contemporary happenings in Nigeria especially in the areas of governance, security and religious interactions call for deep reflections and basic questions. There are concerns about religious insurgency, kidnappings for ransoms, ritual killings and so on. How does one reconcile the happenings with God’s divine will and love for humans? Using critical analytic method, the paper tries to bring the problem of God and human experience of evil in Nigeria into dialogue with the science of anthropology. The paper concludes that lawlessness and human arrogance and choices escalates most of the challenges in Nigeria.