Browsing Department of Religion, Theology & Philosophy by Title

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    • Praying for Rain: Indigenous Systems of Rainmaking in Kenya 

      Gumo, Sussy (2017-10)
      Africa in general and Kenya, in particular, are facing climate change challenges. Since most Kenyan communities depend on agriculture as the backbone of the economy for sustenance, some of these, including the Abanyore, ...

    • Prevalence of brucellosis in livestock keepers and domestic ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya 

      Peter N Lokamar, Moses A Kutwah, Elly O Munde, Dickens Oloo, Harrysone Atieli, Sussy Gumo, James M Akoko, Collins Ouma (Public Library of Science, 2022)
      Brucellosis is widely distributed in more than 170 countries around the world, where it poses a huge threat to animal husbandry and human health. Brucellosis is a worldwide re-emerging zoonotic disease that poses serious ...

    • Psychological Acceptance of Children with Develop-mental Disorders 

      Kasomo Daniel (journal of education, 2012)
      On account of different kinds of impairment, a number of children often remain isolated from the normal course of personal and social development various types of family and community beliefs, attitudes and misconceptio ...

    • Psychological assessment of visual impaired children in integrated and special schools 

      Kasomo Daniel (journal of education, 2012)
      Although the educational services for children with visual impairment in Kenya have expanded to include provision in the integrated school setting, not much research has been done to document the benefits of the integrated ...

    • The psychology behind celibacy 

      Kasomo Daniel (International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2012)
      Celibacy began in the early church as an ascetic discipline, rooted partly in a neo-Platonic contempt for the physical world that had nothing to do with the Gospel. The renunciation of sexual expression by men fit nicely ...

    • Publish or perish: challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing in institutions of higher learning in Kenya 

      Susan M Kilonzo, Kitche Magak (Routledge, 2013-04-01)
      This article examines the challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing at two public universities in Kenya. Specifically, it interrogates the advances and bottlenecks of academic research and publishing ...

    • Religion and development in afRica 

      Ezra Chitando, Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Lovemore Togarasei, Chammah J Kaunda, Sokfa France John, Tarisayi Andrea Chimuka, Loreen Maseno, Susan Mbula Kilonzo, Hassan J Ndzovu, Muhammed Haron, Abamfo Ofori Atiemo, Elizabeth Pulane Motswapong, Lilian C Siwila, Nelly Mwale, Chita Joseph Chita, Mutale Mulenga Kaunda, Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye, Andrew David Omona, Uzziah Maate Kiriaghe, Julius Gathogo, Sonene Nyawo, Petronella Munhenzva, Lindiwe Princess Maseko, Blessing Nyahuma, Beatrice Taringa, Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa, Musa W Dube, Sidney K Berman, Francis Machingura, Ishanesu Gusha, Canisius Mwandayi (University of Bamberg Press, 2020)
      What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is “developed”, while another community/ country is “under-developed”? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to ...

    • Religion and politics in the contemporary Kenya 

      Akuloba, Abwire; Gumo, Sussy; Omare, Simon G (2012-08-09)
      The term church refers to a group of people governed by similar rules and beliefs, who congregate in recognition of a higher Being. In most cases the term church and religion are used synonymously. While religions is ...

    • Religiosity in Vihiga District: Modernity and Expressions of Outward Forms 

      Susan Mbula Kilonzo (Contemporary African Cultural Productions: Nairobi, 2012)
      From a cultural perspective, religion is a very diverse phenomenon. This is because culture influences people to behave in a certain way, affecting the way they express themselves, including their religiosity. The many ...

    • Research Methods for Public Policy 

      Mbula, Susan Kilonzo, Ayobami Ojebode (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2022)
      As implied by the topic, this chapter focuses on research methods applied or applicable in public policy research. Though the overriding focus is on specifc research methods, we deemed it necessary to preface these ...

    • A Restrictive Humanitarian Policy and the Wellbeing of the Disabled in Disasters in Kisumu County 

      Phitalis Were Masakhwe, Kennedy Onkware, Susan Kilonzo (IGI Global, 2020-07-01)
      This paper explores how PWD's well-being is realized in disaster situations in Kisumu County of Kenya. There is a significant population of 15,760 persons with disability across Kisumu County. Their well-being is protected ...

    • RNA interference: a pathway to drug target identification and validation in trypanosome 

      A Vincent, K Daniel, K Moses (Academic Journals, 2008-03-31)
      RNA interference (RNAi) is a phenomenon through which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces potent sequence-specific degradation of homologous transcripts. Besides its function in cellular defense and developmental regulation, ...

    • The Role of the Church in Promoting HIV/AIDS Awareness in Africa 

      Kasomo Daniel (International Journal of Applied Psychology, 2012)
      The church in Africa has maximized her efforts to promote awareness about the disease. These efforts generally range from the provision of facts about HIV and AIDS, its modes of transmission, various types of high -risk ...

    • The role of women in the church in Africa 

      Kasomo Daniel (2010-06-30)
      his paper gives a general view of the role played by women in African instituted churches. It touches several roles of women in different instituted churches keeping in mind that there are so many African instituted churches ...

    • Sero-Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Brucellosis in Livestock Keepers and Domestic Ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya 

      eter N Lokamar, Moses A Kutwah, Elly O Munde, Dickens Oloo, Harrysone Atieli, Sussy Gumo, James M Akoko, Collins Ouma (Research square, 2022)
      Brucellosis is widely distributed in more than 170 countries around the world, where it poses a huge threat to animal husbandry and human health. Brucellosis is a worldwide re-emerging zoonotic disease that poses serious ...

    • Sexuality and Sexual Scripting in African Traditional Religion: Mumbi in A Grain of 

      Loreen Maseno (AASR, 2018)
      The African novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o in his novel A Grain of Wheat introduces a female character Mumbi. Mumbi resides in a village of pre-independence Kenya and shares the same name with the first woman in the Agikuyu ...

    • Silent religiosity in a snivelling nation: the role of religious institutions in promoting post-conflict reconciliation in Kenya 

      Susan M Kilonzo (2009)
      This article seeks to examine the role of religious institutions in peace building, prior to and after the 2007 post-elections violence in Kenya. The author builds an argument that supports the view that religious institutions ...

    • Terror, Religion, or Socialism?: The Faces of MỦngỈkỈ Sect in The Kenyan Public Space 

      Susan M Kilonzo (Yaoundé, Cameroun, 2008-12-11)
      This paper examines how Mủngỉkỉ members have used the sect in the public space as a tool of emancipation. In the paper I argue that Mủngỉkỉ has been using different faces in terms of religion, names, and approaches, to ...

    • A Theological Perspective on the Socio-historical Grounds for Gender Disparity in the Nomiya Church 

      Sudhe, Samuel Otieno; Gumo, Sussy; Iteyo, Crispinous (Horizon Research Publishing, 2015-08)
      Rites of passage are a universal phenomenon marked by transitions during major life changes. In the Nomiya Church (NC) circumcision and baptism as religious rites of initiation are simultaneously performed on the male ...

    • The theology of inculturation and the African church 

      Sussy Gumo Kurgat (Academic Journals, 2009-09-30)
      This paper investigated the theology of inculturation and the African Church. Specifically, the study set to examined the demand and relevance of inculturation for cultural development, assess inculturation message to ...