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The Risen and the Chosen

The Risen and the ChosenBy Chudi Okoye(First draft: Jan 13, 2025)The tone of the Tanakh tells it allAs do the texts of its varied scrollsThat many had in fact been createdBut the Jews were the truly...

In the Historic Contest of Early Christianities, Did Gnosticism Lose Unjustly?

To grow and consolidate, the early Christian Church vehemently suppressed any deviations from proto-orthodox theology, with Gnosticism a prime target. Despite centuries of imposed obscurity, however, Gnostic thought still resonates and, if nurtured, may yet find fertile...

Jesus Chose Saul of Tarsus; Trump Chose Vance of Ohio

What St. Paul had been to Jesus, JD Vance could be to Donald Trump: a linchpin to transform Trumpism into a governing ideology transcending even Trump’s presidency. By Chudi Okoye He went from childhood poverty and abuse, having a thrice-married mother...

Easter Meditations: Is Prayer Most Powerful as Sound, Thought or Light?

By Chudi Okoye We are at this moment more than midway through the Holy Week in Christendom, a period requiring of observant Christians that they engage in fasting and abstinence, along with meditation and prayer, as we re-enact the passion...

President Tinubu’s Partial Ministerial Nominations: Matters Arising

After much delay, President Bola Tinubu has sent a partial list of ministerial nominations for Senate confirmation. There are issues being raised about the nominations. By Chudi Okoye It is perhaps inevitable that in a complex and chaotic democracy like ours,...

Still, We Rise!

By Chudi Okoye (Tribute to Maya Angelou: “Still I Rise”) You may slight us with your mockeries Or spite us with your hateful forgeries You may grind us into the very muck And even bind us to the rueful murk In which you and your...

Igbo Elders’ Parley with President Buhari: Contrasting Perspectives

A recent meeting of Igbo Elders with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja during which they pleaded for an ‘unconditional’ release of Nnamdi Kanu, the incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has sparked differing reactions across the...

Igbo Critics and the Presumed Menace of Nnamdi Kanu

The IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, elicits resentment and dread across the Nigerian polity, even among his own people. Many Igbos acknowledge the validity of Kanu’s critique of Nigeria, but there is significant apprehension about his adversarial approach which many...

Worn Nigeria

Worn Nigeria By Chudi Okoye How great it was to be Born Nigerian! Long long ago, in our mass hysteria We felt elated, as with keen mysteria Simply to be citizens of One Nigeria We grew up knowing a Fun Nigeria We had our fill of...

Coronavirus and Leadership Parasite in Nigeria

By Kenneth Udeoka Esq. (London, U.K.)      I would be angry now if I weren’t already so numb. These are not normal moments! Things are not the way they used to be. What kind of life and world are we...
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The Risen and the Chosen

The Risen and the ChosenBy Chudi Okoye(First draft: Jan 13, 2025)The tone of the Tanakh tells...
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In the Historic Contest of Early Christianities, Did Gnosticism Lose Unjustly?

To grow and consolidate, the early Christian Church vehemently suppressed any deviations from proto-orthodox theology, with Gnosticism a prime target. Despite centuries...

African Spirituality and the Peculiar Promise of Quantum Entanglement

The final installment in a trilogy on existence, God, and religion, this essay examines the prospects for reviving African spirituality—long overshadowed on the continent...

A Journey to Agnostic Theism: Seeking God Amid Confusing Evidence

God isn’t a phantom, nor can He be fully fathomed. By Chudi Okoye If you ask Richard Swinburne, the British philosopher who has...

A Persistent Question for Humans: Why is There ‘Something’ Rather Than ‘Nothing’?

A philosophical meditation on existence. By Chudi Okoye The question of why our universe (and possibly other universes) came into existence, specifically why there is something...