ABSTRACT There are rising cases of disrespect in Kenyan society amid efforts by Christian Religious Education (CRE) in secondary schools to make the learner appreciate and respect their own, and other people‟s cultural beliefs and practices. The morals of the secondary school graduates enrolled in colleges and society do not reflect the acquisition of values learnt through CRE. Despite the exposure of students to the Christian Religious Education curriculum, cases of disrespect, for instanc...
ABSTRACT Christian missionaries established the first mission work among the Pokot of West Pokot County in 1931, when the Churchman‟s Missionary Society (BCMS) the Anglicans established a mission centre at Kacheliba. However, they encountered resistance and non response from the Pokot. To date, the bulk of the Pokot, especially the elderly are still conservative to their traditional lifestyle and reluctant to open up to Christianity, change and new ideas. This Study endeavoured to find out ...
ABSTRACT Corruption is a global problem which has affected many countries. Responding to it has required action from all, both at the international level, and also at the national level. In Kenya, the response is by both the government and non- governmental organizations that include Anglican Church of Kenya with its anti-corruption program. In spite of the efforts put into fight the vice, corruption rages on and remains widespread. It is unclear whether or not the widespread nature of corrup...
ABSTRACT The Local Believers Church hereinafter LBC is one of the new religious movements (Neremos) in Kenya whose origin and rapid spread is not only a matter of public concern but also her string of teachings that run contra to what is conventionally held by other Christian churches. Further, LBC is believed to draw most of her influence from one American Pentecostal preacher William Marrion Branham whose movement and teachings were largely considered by most mainstream churches as a cult a...
ABSTRACT Infertility in marriage is generally viewed as something unfortunate. Each community desires to have itself perpetuated through the birth of children. The traditional Luo society strived toward its perpetuation and in cases of infecundity, solutions such as polygamy and sororate marriages were employed. Such solutions are however incompatible with the teachings of the Catholic Church. This incompatibility of cultures leaves the childless Catholic Luo couples in a dilemma since the Ch...
ABSTRACT This study emphasized on the phenomenon and systems of traditional worship especially among the Agbaja people namely Ezeagu and Udi Local Governments of Enugu State, Nigeria. This work in other words, aims at exposing the structure of the traditional worship of the people from the ages past to the present. It bears in mind how it could harmonize and enhance the understandings that exist in the premises of the people’s traditional religion mostly among the indigenes. To achieve this...
ABSTRACT The thrust of this work, “Influence of Religion on the Nigerian Democracy” discussed the impacts of Religion on the Nigerian society which is being run under democratic governance. Historical research method was used in this thesis. The data collections, among other sources, were comprised of two major sources: primary and secondary sources. These data collections were analysed socially, critically and descriptively. It was found that positively, religion was credited with the fo...
ABSTRACT This work is concerned with the divergent opinions on church government in the Anglican and Methodist Churches. At the 1999 Methodist Church Conference, at which there was a resolution to adopt the episcopal system of church government, the ‘laity’ admitted that they lacked adequate understanding about the systems of church government. Also, a claim that was made by the Methodist Church Ghana during and after the discussions to adopt episcopacy was that her episcopacy is more bi...
ABSTRACT The research sought to investigate the social ministry of four selected Charismatic churches in Ghana. Specifically, it examined the underlying factors influencing the current interest of these Charismatic churches‟ contribution towards the development of education and healthcare services in Ghana. Charismatic churches‟ interest in social ministry is problematized due to the fact that in the past social ministry did not appear as a prominent feature in the ethos of Charismatic C...
ABSTRACT The subject of this research is ‗An Exegetical and Theological Study of the Institution of the Lord‘s Supper: Luke 22:7-23‘. With a background of meals from the socio-cultural and religious perspectives, the dissertation talks about the social and religious significance of meals in both ancient and modern cultures. As one of the important institutions of Jesus before his demise, the Supper is affirmed to have been taken after the Jewish Passover meal. The thesis first investi...
ABSTRACT For most Churches, human sexual relationship and its legitimacy is an issue of concern. Among the diversity of these human sexual relationships is cohabitation. It is a sexual practice where people live together as though they are married. From African perspective, sexual intercourse is allowed only within marriage, because it is considered to be sacred, especially, in all the tribes of Ghana. The Global Evangelical Church (GEC) also considers the sacredness of sex only within marri...
ABSTRACT This study aims at determining the religiou medicine among members of Pentecostal Churches in Emure. The study was carried out using quota sampling technique. A semi containing 31 questions and an in used simultaneously to elicit information from church members. The research hypothesized that there was a significant relationship between the use of traditional medicine and the sex of respondents. Also there exists a significant relationshi between the denomination of respondents and t...
ABSTRACT Sacred places are non-homogenous sites where the mysteries of nature, the incorporeal and supra sensible essence are encountered. Previous studies recognised the existence of these places in ancient Israel, and examined the socio-religious dimensions of the places, but they have not considered the recognition and patronage of similar places in indigenous churches especially in Ekitiland, whose topography enhances the patronage of sacred places. This study, therefore, examined the fun...
ABSTRACT This study aims at determining the religiou medicine among members of Pentecostal Churches in Emure. The study was carried out using quota sampling technique. A semi containing 31 questions and an in used simultaneously to elicit information from church members. The research hypothesized that there was a significant relationship between the use of traditional medicine and the sex of respondents. Also there exists a significant relationshi between the denomination of respondents and t...