The title No Longer at Ease (1960) from T.S. Eliot 's ‘Journey of the Magi’ signifies that an abandonment of the old gods does not necessarily lead to an unqualified embracing of a new religion. The protagonist Obi as a son of Isaac (Nwoye in Things Fall Apart) in No Longer at Ease is in the search of religious identity throughout the novel. He is caught into the two religions namely the traditional religion of Igbo and the Christianity that was adopted by his father long back when he was a child. Obi’s education in England is another aspect of the Christian influence on him. Before he left Nigeria, he had been a true Nigerian and had known only his village. But his father, Nwoye – the son of Okonkwo who converted to Christianity and rejected his father – strictly condemned the old religion and brought up his children as Christians. Obi has his own opinion of religion but is afraid of telling his parents. The confusion of Obi about the two religions is stated by Achebe as:
"Father, I no longer believe in your God"? ' He knew it was impossible for him to do it, but he just wondered what would happen if he did. He often wondered like that. A few weeks ago in London he had wondered what would have happened if he had stood up and shouted to the smooth M.P. lecturing to African students on the Central African Federation: 'Go away, you are all bloody hypocrites! ' It was not quite the same thing, though. His father believed fervently in God; the smooth M.P. was just a bloody