Social Conflicts and Christian Marriage
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2019-04
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Department of Religions, University of Ilorin
Abstract
We live in a world full of conflicts. The premise of this work is that the church and Nigeria as a
nation are currently bedeviled with myriad of problems. Conflict is common to all marriages,
some conflicts are good and healthy for the family because they strengthen bonds while it can be
unhealthy when it escalates. Unfortunately, as much as we try to avoid conflict it is still winding
its way into the most intimate relationship whereby causing divorce and domestic violence in
homes. Christian marriage is not an exception in this menace. This work looks at the causes of
cont1ict and solutions to social cont1icts in Christian marriage. Historical and phenomenological
approaches were used. There is no way to avoid conflict in marriage but the question is how to
deal with it. God instituted marriage, so His word reveals how best to conduct it and to resolve
marital problems. God's word does not guarantee marital bliss, but it does give guidance and
counsel to help couples with serious problems. The findings of the study were that conflicts in
marriage were caused through man-generated problems. Therefore, the study recommended that
couples must promptly react constructively to early warning signs of marital cont1ict before they
develop into bad signals of cohabitation.
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Social Conflicts, Christian Marriage