The Author: Casimir Chinedu O. Nzeh hails from Umueme Uzoagba in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. He studied Philosophy and Theology at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Ikot Ekpene and Enugu, respectively. He was ordained a Catholic Priest for Owerri Archdiocese in 1984. He holds the B. Phil. (Urban University), and a Licentiate in Christian Social Sciences (Gregorian University), all in Rome. Before leaving Nigeria for further studies in Italy and Germany, Fr. Nzeh worked for four years in the Diocesan Catholic Secretariat as the Assistant Secretary to the then Bishop of the diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Mark O. Unegbu. Fr. Nzeh has been appointed to work as Director of the Archdiocesan Justice, Development and Peace Commission.

• Contents: Background to Christian-Islamic Tension – Islamic Religion and its Socio-economic and Political Aspirations in Nigeria – Christian Incursion in Nigeria: its Social and Political Implications – Christian-Islamic Tension in Nigeria – The Social Teaching of the Church: Areas of Application – Religious Co-exitence in a Pluralistic Nigeria.

The Author: Casimir Chinedu O. Nzeh hails from Umueme Uzoagba in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. He studied Philosophy and Theology at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Ikot Ekpene and Enugu, respectively. He was ordained a Catholic Priest for Owerri Archdiocese in 1984. He holds the B. Phil. (Urban University), and a Licentiate in Christian Social Sciences (Gregorian University), all in Rome. Before leaving Nigeria for further studies in Italy and Germany, Fr. Nzeh worked for four years in the Diocesan Catholic Secretariat as the Assistant Secretary to the then Bishop of the diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Mark O. Unegbu. Fr. Nzeh has been appointed to work as Director of the Archdiocesan Justice, Development and Peace Commission.

• Contents: Background to Christian-Islamic Tension – Islamic Religion and its Socio-economic and Political Aspirations in Nigeria – Christian Incursion in Nigeria: its Social and Political Implications – Christian-Islamic Tension in Nigeria – The Social Teaching of the Church: Areas of Application – Religious Co-exitence in a Pluralistic Nigeria.