RELIGION ESCALATES SOCIAL AND ETHICAL DIVERSITY IN KENYA

Joseph Munyoki Mwinzi

Abstract


The world perceives religion as the maxim that can define human destiny in terms of eternal bliss. However, in Kenya, it is obvious that religion is expressed through many denominations and religious beliefs. The implication is that religion has influenced social and ethical diversity either positively or negatively such that the outcome has configured or disfigured the existential destiny of individuals in Kenya. As a result, philosophical questions arise as an attempt to understand why erroneous interpretations of religion and religious beliefs negatively influence social and ethical outlook in Kenya. An existential slant portrays how different forms of religion and religious perspectives have facilitated even extreme notions such as militia activities. In addition, reasonable progress towards a solution requires an appropriate existential basis of what can be done to control unnecessary influence of religion in social and ethical diversities that can exploit the society, instill negative interpretation of reality, and culminates at distorting the society.

 

Article visualizations:

Hit counter

DOI

Keywords


religion, social, ethics, diversity, religious beliefs

Full Text:

PDF

References


Abiogu, G Ezegbe, B Eskay, M & Anyanwu, J. (2014). Collapse of African Values: Implications for the Education of African Child With/Without Exceptionalities. Global Journal for Research Analysis, 3(9):34-36.

Abu, O. & Adewale, O. (2013). Nigerian Pluralistic Society and the Relevance of Religious Dialogue as an Instrument of Peace. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 3(3):343-349.

Amaechi, U. (2014). The Rationale for an African Epistemology: A Critical Examination of the Igbo Views on Knowledge, Belief, and Justification. Canadian Social Science, 10(3):108-117.

Amaechi, U. (2012). Philosophy, Mythology and an African Cosmological System. Global Journal of Human Social Science Geography & Environmental Geo-Sciences. 12(10):58- 63.

Audi, R. (2006). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Burdon, A. (2013). Heidegger’s Eschatology: Theological Horizons in Martin Heidegger’s Early Work, Judith Wolfe, Oxford University Press.

Burrell, D. (2008). Neutralizing Religious Chauvinism by Inter-Confessional Peace Building. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 84(1):180-187.

Chang’ach, J. (2013). Influence of Keiyo Traditional Circumcision on Aspirations for Higher Education Among Boys in Secondary Schools, Keiyo South District, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 3(4):41-53.

Curren, R. (2006). A Companion to the philosophy of education. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Ekanem, F. (2012). On the Ontology of African Philosophy. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 1(1):54-58.

Gathogo, n.d. The Relevance and Influence of African Religion in Post-Apartheid South Africa and Beyond-Part 1. Pg. 163-174.

Gearon, L. (2014). The Paradigms of Contemporary Religious Education. Journal for the Study of Religion, 27(1): 52-81.

Goldstein, J (2005). Is There a ‘Religious Question’ Doctrine? Judicial Authority to Examine Religious Practices and Beliefs. Catholic University Law Review, 54(2):497-552.

Gutek, G. 2009. New Perspectives on Philosophy and Education. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Hellstrom, I. (2007). Eschatological Thought and Religiosity among Christians: Patterns and Relationships. Electronic Theses & Dissertations, 429.

Jonkers, P. (2017). Religion as a source of evil. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 78(4-5): 419-431 Taylor & Francis

Kalthoff, M. (2015). Faith and Terror: Religion in the French Revolution. Undergraduate Honors Theses. 831:1-65.

Kazanjian, V. (2005). Religion, Spirituality, and Intellectual Development. Journal of Cognitive Affective Learning, 1(1):1-7.

Koskela, J. & Siljander, P. (2014). What is Existential Educational Encounter?. Paideusis, 21(2):71-80.

Makolkin, A. (2015). Aristotle’s Views on Religion and his Idea of Secularism. E-Logos- Electronic Journal for Philosophy, 22(2): 71-79.

McCormick, P. (2006). Violence: Religion, Terror, War. Theological Studies, 67:143-162.

McKim, R. (2008). On Religious Ambiguity. Religious Studies, 44(1):373-392.

Miklian, J. & Birkvad, R. (2016). Religion, poverty and conflict in a garbage slum of Ahmedabad. International Area Studies Review, 19(1): 60-75.

Mwinzi, J. (2017). Redefining Slants of Research in Philosophy of Education as Distinct Academic Discipline. Elixir International Journal, 113(1): 49083-49091.

Mwinzi, J. (2016). Towards the Africanization of Teacher Education: A Critical Reflection. International Journal of Education and Research, 4(9):377-386.

Nwanaju, I. (2016). The Aim of Philosophy of Religious Education in a Pluralist Society-Nigeria as an Example. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(19):107-113.

Nolan, R. (2008). Philosophy of Religious Education. ‘The Significance of the Religious Thought of Edmond La B. Cherbonnier for a Basic Objective for Religious Education’. Pg. 19-57.

Okon, E. (2013). Distortion of Facts in Western Ethnographic Study of African Religion, Culture and Society. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3(1):92-101.

Panchenko, A. (2008). Forum for Anthropology and Culture. The Computer Called the Beast: Eschatology and Conspiracy Theory in Modern Religious Cultures, 12(1):185-200.

Pratt, D. (2006). Terrorism and Religious Fundamentalism: Prospects for a Predictive Paradigm. Marburg Journal of Religion, 11(1):1-15.

Raffin, A. & Cornelio, J. (2009). The Catholic Church and Education as a Source of Social Panic in Philippines. Asian Journal of Social Science, 37(1):778-798.

Ruhmkorff, S. (2013). The incompatibility problem and religious pluralism beyond. Philosophy Compass, (8):510-522.

Shouler, K. (2008). The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy. Adams Media Publications, Massachusetts.

Tobia, K. (2015). Does religious belief infect philosophical analysis?. Routledge; Religion, Brain & Behavior, (1):1-11.

Ysseldyk, R., Talebib, M., Mathesona, K., Bloemraadc, I., & Anisman, H. (2014). Religious and Ethnic Discrimination: Differential Implications for Social Support Engagement, Civic Involvement, and Political Consciousness. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1):347-376.

Wiredu, K., (ed). (2005). A Companion to African Philosophy. Blackwell Publishing, UK.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.1421

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2018 Joseph Munyoki Mwinzi

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright © 2015-2023. European Journal of Education Studies (ISSN 2501 - 1111) is a registered trademark of Open Access Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

This journal is a serial publication uniquely identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) serial number certificate issued by Romanian National Library (Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei). All the research works are uniquely identified by a CrossRef DOI digital object identifier supplied by indexing and repository platforms. All authors who send their manuscripts to this journal and whose articles are published on this journal retain full copyright of their articles. All the research works published on this journal are meeting the Open Access Publishing requirements and can be freely accessed, shared, modified, distributed and used in educational, commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).