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Bridging Faith Communities and Public Institutions: Interfaith and Institutional Collaboration and Perceived Community Security in Abuja, Nigeria

1. Syrenius Dangana Okoriko
   Department of Christian Studies and Religious Communication, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
2. Charles Ogundu Nnaji
   Department of Christian Studies and Religious Communication, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
3. Adeola Kehinde
   Department of Christian Studies and Religious Communication, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: Institutional and interfaith collaboration is frequently invoked in Christian responses to insecurity, but its relationship with community-level outcomes requires specific measurement. Objective: To determine the relationship between institutional and interfaith collaboration and perceived reduction of community insecurity (PRCI) in the FCT, Abuja. Methods: The study used the 586-response CECIQ household survey drawn from 24 clusters across all six FCT Area Councils. Scale reliability, item distributions, weighted Spearman association and the prespecified survey-weighted simultaneous model were examined; the full model used 366 complete cases and Holm correction across five hypotheses. Results: IIC had weighted M=3.753 (SD=0.909), α=0.858, ω=0.860. Its weighted association with PRCI was ρ=0.450 (pairwise n=492). In the full model, B=0.157, 95% CI [.031, .283], standardized β=0.174, Holm p=.050, with ΔR²=0.020. The relationship remained positive in the equal-weight sensitivity analysis. Conclusion:

Keywords: interfaith collaboration; institutional collaboration; social capital; religious peacebuilding; human security; church engagement; Abuja; Nigeria

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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