Naomi’s and Ruth’s Effective Use of Feminine Insights and Wisdom for Survival and the Challenges of Nigerian Women in the Contemporary Churches
Naomi’s and Ruth’s Effective Use of Feminine Insights and Wisdom for Survival and the Challenges of Nigerian Women in the Contemporary Churches

Summary/Abstract: The life of Naomi and Ruth, calls for a re-thinking in feminine studies. At a stage in their lives, there was no breadwinner. They both lost their husbands as mother-in-law and wife respectively but have to keep up with life activities. Life almost became worthless to them as they had zilch to live on. To salvage the situation and survive however they both used their natural feminine propensities, and acumen. This paper attempts to examine how operative their insight and inclination were. It relates it to Albert Banduras theory on ‘self-efficacy’ and as interpreted by different scholars as regards women on career choice and activities in relation to situations around and expected successes. It traces out implications of their actions for survival of women; most especially African career women in the contemporary churches. It interviews Christian women of different careers from the northern, south-south, south-eastern and south-western part of Nigeria to gather information on their career pursuit which helps to determine the relevance of the propensity of the duo.

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