Nnadiebube Journal of Religion, Culture and Society

Marriage is an essential part of a society with emphasis on the institution as vital to the progression of a people. From inception, marriage has been an avenue of propagation of a given nation and this has led to the multiplication of race of man. Various culture and religion reserves their exclusive principles and precepts which guides and instructs the acceptance and practices in marital relationship implying that, marriage is a vital institution when it comes to cultural and religious acceptability. The practice of marriage from time immemorial have been of varying dimensions one of which is intercultural and interreligious marriage; this practice, though not very recent have gained acceptance in recent times and the spread of the phenomenon calls for keen look to access the sustainability of such practice. As such, this paper adopting a critical evaluation and phenomenological approach, considers the marriage institution between people of different religion and cultures and its effect on the society thereby weighing the practice in light of the Biblical examples. The study concludes that, the sacredness of marriage suggests that people of similar worldview and religious orientation should be rather encouraged to settle down in marital union while cultural understanding should be ascertained if proceeding with the union must be held. The study recommends that, the older generations are to bridge the gap by properly establishing the advantages and disadvantages to prepare the minds of the younger generation towards their choice of marriage.

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