Obodo, Ernest Anezichukwu2019-09-252019-09-252018-08-1420189782889312566978288931257310.58863/20.500.12424/169198http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/169198This dissertation takes as its theme: The challenges to the Church in Enugu Diocese, Nigeria with regard to Christian education, with special reference to the Decree Gravissimum Educationis of the Second Vatican Council and c. 795 CIC/1983. It analyses the variety of problems facing Christian education in Nigeria, taking Enugu Diocese as its starting point. Many Church documents expressly single out three agents of education: Parents, Church and State. Among these, Canon Law recognizes parents as having the primordial, primary, natural and inalienable right to educate their children; a right which no human power or institution can deny them without being culpable of wrongdoing. But because parents lack all it takes to give their children an integral education; they require and deserve the help of Church, State and various cultural groups. By her vocation, the Church has the mandate to teach all the nations and is, therefore, canonically entitled to educate. Education is also an obligation and duty of the State, owing to her resolve to provide its citizens with security of life. It should not be an enterprise for the State alone but rather a joint-venture business. Nationalization of schools and monopoly of control are forms of state-imposed secularism and moral relativism. In this dissertation, we are making the case that inculturating the African perspective of education which requires collaboration between the family and society; and borrowing a leaf from the Austrian system in which there is a good collaboration between Church and state; and has had a longer and successful historical existence, will help reshape our education system in Nigeria. This work is a contribution to the search for the liberation of Africa from the shackles of ignorance. Africa is not destined to be poor and a theater of war, hunger, exploitation and ignorance. Only an education which is integral in form can open the eyes of the people to their rights and privileges and help them to struggle to reshape their destiny. The various cultures, religions and ethnic nationalities in Africa must work together in the area of education and through this, learn to live in peace with one another. Christian education does not sound the note of discrimination. A part of its contribution is to present a Christian view to the world, with a view to heal the wounds of relativism and give meaning to human existence [pp. 17-18].1 online resource (607 pages)engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Christian educationNigeriaCatholic Church. Enugu DioceseCanon lawEducation--Moral and ethical aspectsChurch and stateEducation and ethicsPractical theology and theological educationBook