In recent times, scholars have engaged themselves with these two words “poverty”
and “corruption” most especially in relation to what Africans experience on
their way to economic emancipation e.g. Nigeria and Kenya. There had been a
struggle between poverty and corruption. The bible also is not left out in this
struggle. Poverty and corruption as we know the two today are not only African
problems. They are universal phenomena. It is generally true to say that
whenever there are extreme poverty and corruption everywhere, all the miseries
that come with poverty and corruption, majority of the cases show a black face,
an indigenous person, a caste, an orphan, a widow, woman or young person who is
jobless and so on. The two cuts across all races, religion and cultures. By
implication they are described as endemic in any human existence. The greatest
evidence of poor people in Africa is lack of opportunities, lack of political
power and voice to be global player in the world where economics defines
success. Hence, this paper examines how poverty is related to corruption and
vice versa. It also examines the New Testament perspective and assesses poverty
and corruption in the contemporary experiences in Africa. This paper also suggests
some ways out of the woods to ameliorate these challenges that almost cripple
the dignity of humans which confront Africa in the 21st Century.
Cite this paper
Igbari, O. (2016). Poverty and Corruption in the New Testament Perspective. Open Access Library Journal, 3, e2965. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1102965.
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