SPIRITUAL DIRECTION AND CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS IN THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA

Abstract

One of the sources of spiritual support that some Christian politicians rely on is persons spiritually endowed who they referred to as spiritual directors. Unfortunately, what they engaged with such persons is sometimes far from what can be regarded as Christian spiritual direction. It is either they are simply prayer companions or they are simply Christian counsellors far from being spiritual director. Added to all these is also the fact that some of such spiritual directors have sometimes turned their spiritual assistance into financial profit-making venture for personal enrichment. In such a situation, their focus ceases to be the Spiritual good and journey of the political directee. The consequence of these is lack of proper spiritual direction for such politicians in their state of life on how to live Christian socio-political Spirituality for their eternal salvation. This paper examined spiritual direction for politicians from spiritual-theological perspective to show how it ought to be practiced especially as needed in the contemporary time. It proposes a Prophetic spiritual direction.