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Modes of legitimation by female Pentecostal-Charismatic preachers in East Africa: a comparative study in Kenya and Tanzania
(Routledge, 2018-07-03)
This paper examines the rise of female Pentecostal-Charismatic (PC) church leaders and how they legitimize themselves in a male dominated religious field in Kenya and Tanzania. It explores, in a qualitative way, four women ...
Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-28)
The paper examines the effects of the culture of patriarchy on the development process, and particularly its effects on women. This is borne out of the perceived concerns and challenges of the third millennium development ...
Historical Survey of the Concept of Ecumenical Movement its Model and Contemporary Problems
(International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2012)
The term “ecumenical” in theology today generally refers to the movement which seeks to achieve external unity among the world’s denominationally divined churches. The original meaning of the word (from oikeo: to dwell, ...
The place and prospects of indigenous theatrical performances in peacebuilding in Kenya
(Indiana University Press, 2015-04-01)
This article examines the role and future of indigenous theatrical performances (ITPs) in peacebuilding in Kenya. It focuses on the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Luo communities' traditions of ritual, storytelling, proverb, and song ...
Psychological assessment of visual impaired children in integrated and special schools
(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
(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 ...
An analysis of secular alternatives to religion
(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 ...
[PDF] from semanticscholar.org The Current Situation of Pastoral Programs in the Prisons in Western Kenya Counties
(2019)
Crime generates underestimated substantial
costs to society at the individual, community and national
levels. Globally, governments use prisons to contain crime.
The criminal justice system has two primary goals: ...
Prayer for rain: a pentecostal perspective from Kenya
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2017-10)
Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, has a population of 3.5 million people. The concentration
of Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Nairobi, as in other African cities, has more than
doubled since the 1970s. The ...
New Europe College Yearbook 2010-2011
(2010)
Between 1920 and 1940 the relationship between culture and ethnicity constituted one of the most dominant political themes in Eastern Europe. The cultural, historical, anthropological debates shaped national identity in ...