The Impact Of Religion On The Promotion Of Peace And Economic Integration In Yoruba Land

Abstract

An attempt to provide suitable answers to the question of the doubtful fundamental
factors or genesis of rifts and schism in Yoruba kingdom particularly in the late
18th and early 19th centuries has engineered this piece of work. To this end, the
paper evaluated the causal reasons why the, peacemakers' communities had failed
in the past to address permanently, issues relating to violence, racial
discrimination, exploitation, injustice and sundries in Yoruba land. Finally, this
paper shall provide comprehensive answers to the questions of how religion and
peace, economic and justice, mutual understanding and love are intertwined in
the context of Yoruba communities. The paper is based on the principal
understanding that religion, if well utilized has the potential to bring joy into the
heart of the saddened, bridges the dichotomy between the rich and poor,
understandings and care for human beings not only in Yoruba land but in Nigeria
and in the entire world.