Department of Religion, Theology & Philosophy: Recent submissions

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    • 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 ...

    • Gendering inculturation in Africa: a discussion of three African women theologians' entry into the inculturation scene 

      Loreen Maseno (2004)
      In theological circles in Africa, there has been an interest as to how cultural contexts must and will shape theology. Therefore, since the 1960's, African theologians have engaged in so-called'inculturation'. Inculturation ...

    • Practices in higher education policy: gender-related access as a policy issue 

      Loreen Iminza Maseno (2005)
      Over the years, higher education in Kenya has been characterised by gender disparities. A gendered analysis of admissions at University illustrates a low representation of females. But, the Kenyan governments’ policies in ...

    • 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 ...

    • Widows, intersectionality and the parable in Luke 18 

      Marianne Bjell, Loreen Iminza Maseno (Academic Journals, 2010-08-31)
      This article deconstructs a master category ‘widows’ by presenting nuances with regards to the term widow, which the authors consider is of interest in a global society. This article aims at stating the process of ...

    • Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya 

      Loreen Maseno, Susan M Kilonzo (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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Gender and Christology in Africa for social and political involvement 

      Loreen Maseno (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)
      The person, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the central tenets of the Christian mystery. The theological reflection upon the meanings of these is summed up in Christology. This paper seeks to explore the ...

    • Gender in Religion and Development Research: Appropriating Feminist Epistemology and Methodology for Religion and Development Research in Sub-Sahara Africa. 

      Loreen Maseno (University of Bamberg Press,, 2020-06-09)
      A rights-based approach to development considers specific ways in which sustainable development is interlinked to human rights and how achieving them may transform human societies. Religion and development research, in ...

    • Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Working on Biodiesel with Different Blends 

      Ch Mani Kumar, K Daniel, K Naga Suresh (International Journal of IC Engines and Gas Turbines, 2017)
      Internal combustion engine plays important role in vehicles. These engines are operated by conventional fuels (diesel). Diesel is a one of the nonrenewable energy source for IC engines. Due to usage of diesel, pollutions ...

    • Knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors of voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS among Wolkite university students in Ethiopia 

      Abdu O Abdu, G Teshome, Dereje M Melese, A Girma, K Daniel, A Agizie (Academic Journals, 2017-05-30)
      Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV is essential and critical way for prevention, care and treatment of HIV. It allows early detection of illness, reducing transmission, morbidity and mortality from it. But youth ...

    • Ethnic minorities wedged up in post-election violence in Kenya: a lesson for African governments 

      Susan Kilonzo (Taylor & Francis Group, 2009-07-01)
      On 27 December 2007, some ten million Kenyans went to the polls in what were generally anticipated to be the most hotly contested and close-run presidential, parliamentary and civic elections in the country’s 45 years since ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Indiana University Press 

      Kitche Magak, Susan Mbula Kilonzo, Judith Miguda-Attyang (Indiana University Press., 2018-10-18)
      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 ...

    • New Europe College Yearbook 2010-2011 

      IONUŢ FLORIN BILIUŢĂ, DUNYA DENIZ CAKIR, ANA-MARIA GOILAV, MARIANA GOINA, SILVIU-RADIAN HARITON, SUSAN MBULA KILONZO, CRISTIAN NAE, THEODOR-CRISTIAN POPESCU, COSMIN GABRIEL RADU, KONRAD SIEKIERSKI, ANDREEA ŞTEFAN (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 ...

    • THE POTENTIAL OF THE CHURCH AS A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION IN PEACEBUILDING IN AFRICA. LESSONS FROM KENYA’S ETHNIC CONFLICTS 

      Susan M Kilonzo (NEW EUROPE COLLEGE-Institute for Advanced Studies, 2011)
      The 2007 general election in Kenya is reminisced as an event that exemplified destruction that ethnic politics can have on a country. It was clear that most Kenyan politicians are ethnically aligned and divided in political ...

    • Engendering development: Demystifying patriarchy and its effects on women in rural Kenya 

      Loreen Maseno, Susan M Kilonzo (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 ...