Abstract:
Conflict is a global and social phenomenon. It presents itself in different shapes and shades. So many theories have been propounded as to the real causes of it. But St. James, in his characteristics manner of proffering solutions to conflicting issues, argued in the last six verses of the third chapter of his epistle to the Jews in diaspora that demonic or worldly wisdom is the main cause of conflicts and social or organizational growth retardation among people regardless of their social or religious inclinations even among members of the world's highly, if not most highly respected faith.