About the Journal
Utambuzi is a KiSwahili word which can be translated as ‘insight’, ‘diagnosis’ or ‘recognition’, which captures the journal’s central aim and objectives:
- to provide empirical and theoretical insight into the ever-changing landscape of religion on the African continent and its global diaspora, both historically and today.
- to diagnose, or critically analyse an
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Current Issue
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Christianity, Communality, and Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19 in African Religious Worlds
Published: 2025-12-03
Introduction
Christianity, Communality, and Resilience inthe Wake of COVID-19 in African Religious Worlds
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 1-5
Articles
Fictive Kinship as Social Capital in Jubilee Christian Church Nairobi
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 6-18
COVID-19 as a Call for Prophetic Education in South Africa
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 19-32
‘I Am Spiritual but Not Religious’ Expanding Non-Religious Identities through Digital Kinship
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 33-44
Christian Kinship in Urban Christianity Case Study in Translation and Indigenous Agencyin the African Context
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 45-60
Sacred Spaces Online The Rise of Virtual Religion and Technology Adoption in CITAM Ngong Church
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 61-72
Resilience of African Kinship Values amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions in Masvingo and Bikita Districts, Zimbabwe
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 73-85
The Bible as a Social Organizational Tool in African Urban Pentecostalism The Case of Christ Is the Answer Ministries, Valley Road
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 86-97
Between Kinship and Individualism Reimagining Communality inKenyatta University Christian Union
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 98-110
“Unmasking” the Authenticity of the Values of Communality Post the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nomiya Church- Eastleigh
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 111-128
Book Reviews
Where Is Our God?: African Christianity and Responses to the Pandemic edited by J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Mark S. Aidoo, and Esther E. Acolatse
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 129-133
World Christianity and Covid-19: Looking Back and Looking Forward by Chammah J. Kaunda
Abstract | PDF DownloadsPage 134-139