Browsing RP-Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies by Issue Date
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The 'Impact of Massification on higher education in public universities: a Kenyan example
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Revisiting our Indigenous Shrines through Mungiki
(Oxford University Press, 2001-07)This article discusses the Mungiki movement's beliefs and practic relate to the traditional religion and cultural practice of the Gik Mungiki is a Gikuyu word taken from the etymological root wor to mean masses or people. ... -
Black Theology of South Africa: Is this the hour of Paradigm Shift?
(Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2007)The paper is based on the premise that the proposal for a shift of paradigm, from liberation to reconstruction, in the post apartheid South Africa and the post cold war Africa, was not received with great enthusiasm, among ... -
The plight of the African child: reflections on the response of the church
(Edinburgh Review of Theology and Religion Edinburgh University Press, 2007) -
The Quest for Religious Freedom in Kenya (1887-1963)
(Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2008)The freedom to choose one’s religion is one of the basic freedoms that every person needs to enjoy. It is also one of the fundamental rights that the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed on 10 December 1948. In Africa, ... -
The challenge and reconstructive impact of African religion in South Africa today
(Ebscohost, 2008-09)This essay assesses the resilience and the reconstructive impact of African religion in post-apartheid South Africa, especially with regard to the religiosocial reconstruction of the society. It also seeks to demonstrate ... -
Afro-Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa Today
(Churchman Journal, 2010)By Afro-biblical hermeneutics, we mean biblical interpretations done in Africa especially by African instituted Churches. These hermeneutical works are typically African in character in the sense that they consciously or ... -
Quran and cultural and legal challenges analysis of the practice of Islamic law of marriage and divorce among the Akamba Muslims in Kitui, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-07)This study seeks to investigate whether or not the Akamba Muslims apply all aspects of marriage and divorce. The study is undertaken in Kitui District in Kenya. It therefore attempts to establish the extent of the application ... -
Family Values and Rituals in Changing Cultural Context: Analysis on Traditional Akamba Marriage and its Implications for Christian Marriage
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-07)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tra ditional Akamba marriage with a view to establishing the relevant and useful values that ca n enrich the modern marriage. Three objectives guided the study namely: (i) To ... -
The challenge of money and wealth in some East African Pentecostal Churches
(2011-09)One of the most disturbing questions of our times in Eastern Africa, and Kenya in particular, is: has Christianity that began as a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, shifted to being material-minded? Are the modern ... -
The future of African family and community analysis on traditional Akamba marriage: implications for Christian marriage
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-12)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the traditional Akamba marriage with a view to establishing the relevant and useful values that can enrich the modern marriage. Three objectives guided the study namely: - (i)To ... -
Reconciliation Paradigm in the Post Colonial Africa: A Critical Analysis
(Igentaconnect, 2012)The article sets out to stir up the debate on reconciliation project in the post colonial Africa. As we strategise on ways and means of delivering the promise of reconstruction, there is need to pay more attention on the ... -
Concept of Basic Human Rights in African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa and Jesus Is Alive Ministries
(Penn State University Press, 2012) -
Theological Insights on Ecology and Technology towards Sustainable Development and Peace in Africa
(2012-05)The recent disruption of the earth's ecosystems through industrialization, consumption of the planet's precious finite resources and pollution of the oceans, soil, and the atmosphere raises the distinct possibility of the ... -
Mutira Mission (1907-2011): the birth of a Christian empire in East Africa
(2012-10-18)The tiny Mutira village in the then Ndia Division, Kirinyaga County of Kenya, East Africa, began as a Church Missionary Society (CMS) station, between 1907 and 1908 after Rev AW McGregor bought land from the locals. The ...
