JORAS - Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society

It is true that man is a being with others in the society in which he or she lives. Man cannot do without relationship and more deeply without friendship. Friendship is a good thing when people enter it for the sake of the good. We can also say that man is a dialogical being. He cannot do without communication? this is a fundamental character of friendship. Friendship brings him or her more closely to the other than being people living in the same environment or neighbourhood. Communalism is an idea which defines the unity and togetherness in life than individualism, living alone and separate from the relationship with others. Living in common is very vital to religious communities and lives. Friends are people who love each other, like each other, respect and honour each other. Friendship is the state of being friends. Like loving, people enter into friendship because of various motives. The goal determines why people enter into friendship. To be a wonderful community, Religious must see beyond being members living under the same rules, to seeing themselves as friends. To have a deeper working relationship, Jesus Christ called His disciples friends.

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