With politicians at the pulpit, the Church has chosen Caesar over God, and I have lost my faith.
From the enormously influential megachurches of Walter Magaya and Emmanuel Makandiwa to smaller ‘startups,’ the church in Zimbabwe has frightening, nearly despotic authority.
Freedom of religion is one of the most fundamental in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, brooking a twin understanding; persons are free to practice their religions...
The Shakahola Forest tragedy was decades in the making and won’t lend itself to easy policy prescriptions.
The government is obligated to enforce the law by restraining any group, religious or otherwise, that encourages its followers to destroy life and property. But in...
The Kenyans who are really blinded by religion are not the ordinary ones who are actively religious, but the educated ones who are against religion. It’s...
When the coronavirus came calling, many Christian communities set themselves apart and declared that they had special divine protection, with some claiming the virus to be...
Leila Aboulela and Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, although from two different faith traditions, use fiction as a conduit to re-affirm these faith traditions, one Muslim, and the...
Theology isn’t merely a debate topic. Theology not only helps us understand more about who God is but also help us answer the question, "how should...
What does it mean to be the church in the age of coronavirus? For many religious people, this time calls for many ways of being. Now...
If we have learned anything from COVID-19, it is that the miracle and faith-healing industry in Kenya is nothing but a sham and that prayers alone...
China is fending off the influence of religion, particularly Christianity, by “rewriting” the Bible, and adapting it to the goals of the ruling Communist Party –...