Bassey Ubong @ St. Stephen’s African Church Cathedral, Uyo. April 2019 Jesus of Nazareth was a philosopher of the realist school of thought, a school identified more with Aristotle of Greece. Realism looks at life ‘the way it is’ rather than ‘the way it should be’ which is the preoccupation of idealist philosophers led by […]
THE ART AND ACT OF THANKSGIVING
Being Text of a Speech by Sir Bassey Ubong (KSS) at the 2009 Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Life & Power Gospel Ministry, Omoku, November 29, 2009 Introduction Ps 100:4 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name.” Let us share the song, […]
“The Jesus Christ Phenomenon as a Study in Realism.”
The historical Jesus the Christ is a phenomenon which will continue to excite studies and generate controversy for all time because it has dozens of perspectives including Jesus as the quintessence of realism. In philosophy, realism implies the existence of an objective world independent of the mind, a world of the practical and material as […]
Banking in Nigeria
As a banker decades ago I learned as well as used the concept of moratorium in credit administration. Long term loans are expected to attract few months of grace before repayment of principal sums although interest payments start in a short while.This provision took a new significance to me recently. To start a business especially […]
Yoruba: From restructuring to àwa l’ókàn
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 July, 2022) A professor friend who works abroad is home-sick. He recently asked me: “I want to visit home. I am scared. What do you think? Will I be safe?” I didn’t know what to tell him. Those of us at home carefully select […]
“On Karma.” Part 2.
There are several thought provoking definitions of karma but I prefer the one by K. Taimni in 1974. Karma, he says, “is nothing but the law of Cause and Effect operating in the realm of human life and bringing about adjustments between an individual and other individuals whom he has affected by his thoughts, emotions, […]