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A Panorama of Christian Religious Education in Nigeria

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Religious educators who are sensitive to multiplicity of religions and cultures can effectively respond to the call to be ‘co-learners’ in Christian religious education (CRE) of students in a pluralist world. However, for the moment, this is not the case in CRE in Nigeria.

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    Adrian-Mario Gellel

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Ugbor, C.A. (2019). A Panorama of Christian Religious Education in Nigeria. In: Buchanan, M., Gellel, AM. (eds) Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6127-2_44

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