TITLE:
Prayer for Good Governance: A Study of Psalm 72 in the Nigeria Context
AUTHORS:
Mary Jerome Obiorah
KEYWORDS:
Prayer; Good Governance; Psalm 72; Nigeria
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.3 No.1A,
February
26,
2013
ABSTRACT: Contextualizationof Biblical texts is a priority of every exegete, who endeavors to bring the ancient scripts to dialogue with contemporary issues. This paper, which studies Psalm 72 and a prayer composed for good governance in Anambra State Nigeria, focuses on this hermeneutical interpretation. The writer adopts a simplified literary method in Biblical research that takes cognizance of the varied poetic techniques in Psalm 72 and engages in a detailed comparative study of a Psalm composed more than two millennia ago and a prayer of our time. Such comparative study reveals a striking similar preoccupation of the composers of both texts. Both prayed for good governance of which all developing countries today are in dire need.