Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- SECTION I. Religious freedom and human flourishing in Nigeria -- 1. Squaring the circle: Freedom of religion and secularism in the Nigerian constitution -- Introduction -- History of freedom of religion in Nigerian jurisprudence -- The 1959 Constitutional Conference: negotiating Nigerian religious freedom -- Management of sharia in Nigerian constitutionalism -- The 1959 settlement and the privatisation of sharia -- Privatisation of sharia and limitation of Sharia Courts -- Secularity as a contested constitutional norm -- Section 10 of the Nigerian Constitution and non‑establishment of religion -- Comparative secularist perspectives and assessment of Nigerian secularism -- Tension between secularity and religious freedom in Nigeria -- Disestablishment in the 1979 Constitution -- Rawlsian ordering and the "fact of pluralism" -- Nigerian constitutional confusion on religion -- Conclusion -- 2. Human flourishing, church leadership and legal disputes in Nigerian churches -- Introduction -- Conceptualisation of terms -- Churches and the promotion of human flourishing -- Church disputes -- Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) -- Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) -- Effects of church disputes on human flourishing -- Strife amongst members -- Loss of reputation -- Loss of focus and progress -- Waste of resources -- Schism and burden of members -- Towards effective internal governance mechanisms -- Conclusion -- 3. Freedom of, from or for religion: Perspectives from proscription of religious activities in halls of residence at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile‑Ife, Nigeria -- Introduction -- Contentions over boundaries of religious freedom in higher education space -- Regulatory framework for sound disturbance in Nigeria -- National and state level regulations -- Higher education institution regulations.