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SUMMARY:Christian Social Responsibility: Theology\, Charity\, and Developm
 ent in Nigeria - Christopher Wadibia (PhD Candidate\, Selwyn College / Ax:
 son Johnson Research Assistant in Applied History\, Centre for Geopolitics
 \, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20210601T170000Z
DTEND:20210601T180000Z
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:With approximately 10 million registered members\, the Nigeria
 -based Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is Sub-Saharan Africa's lar
 gest Pentecostal church and is one of the world's most influential religio
 us organisations. In 2018\, the RCCG introduced a new Christian Social Res
 ponsibility (CSR) programme in an effort to streamline and professionalise
  its vast and diverse portfolio of Nigerian development activities. In ord
 er to justify the launching of CSR\, the RCCG has employed a number of Bib
 le-based theological arguments to defend its commitment to investing sever
 al millions of dollars into developing Nigeria. This lecture will provide 
 an overview of the main theological tensions underpinning CSR's theologica
 l model and will offer germane insights into how one of Sub-Saharan Africa
 's key religious players is using biblical theologies as an instrument to 
 help compensate for the Nigerian state's development failings.\n\nRegister
  "here":https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/6116184761138/W
 N_x-lBjZpOQTKNTR4AiM8lmA\n
LOCATION:Wolfson College Zoom webinar
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