| dc.contributor.author | Ndung'u, N W | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-27T07:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-27T07:05:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ndung'u, N W(2009). Persistence of Features of Traditional Healing in the Churches in Africa: The Case of the Akurinu Churches in Kenya. A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK); 1(2): 87-104 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/tp/article/view/51596 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40850 | |
| dc.description | Journal article | en |
| dc.description.abstract | One of the attractions of new converts from mainline churches to the African
Instituted Churches (AICs) is faith healing. Healing understood in its wider sense as
the restoration of the wholeness of life is not new to African communities, since they
practiced it long before the coming of Christianity into their continent. This article
examines some features of traditional healing which are manifested in faith healing in
the AICs. The persistence of these features pauses a challenge to mainline churches in
Africa, forcing them to rethink their approach to life threatening issues such as
witchcraft and barrenness that continue to preoccupy many of their adherents. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Traditional healing | en |
| dc.subject | Churches | en |
| dc.subject | Africa | en |
| dc.subject | Akurino | en |
| dc.subject | Kenya | en |
| dc.title | Persistence of Features of Traditional Healing in the Churches in Africa: The Case of the Akurinu Churches in Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, University of Nairobi | en |
