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    • 10 Securitization of COVID-19 and the Imagination of Post-COVID-19 Burial Ceremonies in Kenya and Zimbabwe 

      Maseno, Loreen; Sibanda, Fortune (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
      The years 2020 and 2021 will go down in history as the most tragic period in the second decade of the new millennium as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in death and untold suffering the world over (Sibanda ...
    • 3 Sitting on a Grave 

      Maseno, Loreen (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
      COVID-19 in Kenya necessitated an enforcement of Ministry of Health (MOH) burial guidelines. These were met with resistance at various levels, even as the State demanded that these guidelines be unilaterally enforced. After ...
    • 8 “Necessity Removes Restrictions”: Swahili Muslim Women’s Perspectives on Their Participation in the Public Sphere 

      Esha Faki Mwinyihaji (Brill, 2014)
      “NeCessity removes restriCtioNs”: swahili muslim womeN’s perspeCtives oN their partiCipatioN iN the publiC sphere esha Faki mwinyihaji introduction this chapter examines factors that facilitate the increased participation ...
    • AFRICA PEACE AND CONFLICT 

      Samuel Gbaydee Doe, Martha Mutisi, Joseph Wasonga, SM Kilonzo, SG Kurgat, SG Omare, Onyinye Onwuka, Jonathan Chukwuemeka Madu (University for Peac, 2009)
      The mission of the University for Peace is to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings a spirit of understanding, tolerance, and ...
    • African perspectives on religion and climate change 

      Ezra Chitando, Ernst M Conradie, Susan M Kilonzo (Taylor & Francis, 2022)
      This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the ...
    • African women's theology and the re-imagining of community in Africa 

      Loreen Maseno (AOSIS Publishing, 2021)
      African women’s theology has a commitment to the emancipation of women covering the several themes such as ecclesiology, hospitality, community, spirituality, sacrifice, ecology and missiology. African women’s theology ...
    • Alternative Media and Ethnic Politics in Kenya 

      Kilonzo, Susan M; Muhoma, Catherine (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, 2023-08-23)
      The history of the use of alternative media in Kenya’s politics shows evidence that it was in use in 2007, when the country came into the brink of a genocide; and, prominently in use, in the recent 2022 general elections. ...
    • An analysis of secular alternatives to religion 

      Daniel Kasomo, Nicholas Ombachi, Joseph Musyoka, Geoffrey Naila Napoo (International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2012)
      Secular alternatives are not Religions in themselves, but they are presented as ideas or ideologies or lies to which man can commit himself so deepy & unreservedly that they replace religion in him. A person can opt for ...
    • Analysis of the Composition and Rituals of the Repentance and Holiness Church in Kenya 

      OMJ Nandi, Loreen Maseno, Margaret Matisi (2015-10-01)
      The repentance and holiness (RHC) church in Kenya is a prophet healing church which has attracted people from all walks of life. It was founded by Prophet Dr. David Edward Owour and is among the new emerging trends that ...
    • An analysis of the rites of passage and their relation to christianity 

      Kasomo Daniel (Academic Journals, 2009-12-31)
      The paper discussed the impact of rites of passage to the individual and how it engenders one and makes one accepted in the societal norms. The emphasis and the central point of this work was mainly to deal with the relevance ...
    • An appraisal of the Pentecostal eco-theology and environmental consciousness among youths in Parklands Baptist Church, Kenya 

      Loreen Maseno (AOSIS, 2021)
      The younger generation in different countries have been said to be growing into environmental consciousness. Are youths in the Kenyan religious landscape aware of the environmental issues? Is environmental consciousness ...
    • An Assessment of Ethical Issues in Social and Science Research 

      Kasomo Daniel (The journal of psychology and behavioral sciences, 2013)
      Ethical behavior is important in all aspect of life. This is certainly true of social research and Research in hard Sciences. The best way to think about ethical behavior is to ask how you would expect to be treated if ...
    • An Assessment of Ethical Issues in Social and Science Research 

      Kasomo Daniel (International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2013)
      Ethical behavior is important in all aspect of life. This is certainly true of social research and Research in hard Sciences. The best way to think about ethical behavior is to ask how you would expect to be treated if ...
    • An assessment of ethnic conflict and its challenges today 

      Kasomo Daniel (Academic Journals, 2012-01-31)
      In this article we shall begin by defining ethnocentrism. According to anthropologists, the concept combines the belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures, with the practice of judging other cultures by ...
    • An assessment of the Catholic charismatic renewal towards peaceful co-existence in the Roman Catholic Church 

      Kasomo Daniel (Academic Journals, 2010)
      This study concerns the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a movement within the Catholic Church that had direct influence from the Protestant Pentecostals. Subsequently, it spread through clearly defined, pre-existing social-metric ...
    • The belief and practice of divination among the Swahili Muslims in Mombasa district, Kenya 

      Esha Faki, EM Kasiera (Academic Journals, 2010)
      This article gives a critical analysis of divination as practiced among the Swahili of Kenya coast. Radical changes in lifestyles were not associated with initial Islamization, but in latter days, Swahili contextualized Islam ...
    • The contribution of the Church of God-Kenya teachings to people’s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya district, western Kenya 

      Obwoge Hezekiah, K. Onkware and C. Iteyo (European Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion, 2017)
      The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the CoG-K teachings to people’s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
    • Design & Analysis of Ladder Frame I Section Chassis 

      K Daniel, Ch Mani Kumar, P Rajendra Babu, J Subash Kumar (International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2018)
      This Chassis frame is the basic frame work of an automobile. It supports all the parts of an automobile which are attached to it. With the increase in the weight of the chassis, load on the engine increases thus performance ...
    • Diaconia 

      Elia Shabani Mligo, Beatrice Lukalo, Loreen Maseno, Inger Marie Lid, Trygve Wyller, Kaia S Rønsdal (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2021)
      Christian social practice (diaconia) is contextual; it is not uniform to people of all contexts. The contextual and neutral nature of Christian social practice means the question of methodology is important when considering ...
    • DRAFT WORKING PAPER – NOT FOR CIRCULATION OR CITATION 

      Susan M Kilonzo, Julius T Mugwagwa. (2009)
      Of the many catastrophes that the African continent has faced, HIV/AIDS is grouped among the most threatening cataclysms. The disease and its repercussions not only affect families and communities, but also have a ...