Clifford Terhide Gbasha

Today we have several spiritual healing churches in Nigeria despite the increase in modern health care services. The study examines how socio-cultural factors beyond the religious factors influence the use of spiritual health care services provided by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Healing ministry in Tiv-society. The study adopts the phenomenological and cultural anthropological methods in its survey. The target population for the study comprises of three Roman Catholic dioceses’ in Tiv-land; one parish each is selected for close study of charismatic healing activities. The respondents will be drawn from fourteen local government areas within Tiv geographies. A random sampling technique of Catholics will be used to select 500 respondents. A self-completed questionnaire and tape recorded interviews of persons who have experienced healing will be used to narrate their experiences.