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 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

Telesia K. Musili, Chammah J. Kaunda (Author)
Abstract 56 | PDF Downloads 66

Page 1-5

Articles

Fictive Kinship as Social Capital in Jubilee Christian Church Nairobi

Edith Kayeli Chamwama (Author)
Abstract 56 | PDF Downloads 41

Page 6-18

COVID-19 as a Call for Prophetic Education in South Africa

Elijah Baloyi (Author)
Abstract 52 | PDF Downloads 39

Page 19-32

‘I Am Spiritual but Not Religious’

Kevin Muriithi Ndereba (Author)
Abstract 73 | PDF Downloads 49

Page 33-44

Christian Kinship in Urban Christianity

Kyama Mugambi (Author)
Abstract 52 | PDF Downloads 47

Page 45-60

Sacred Spaces Online

Loreen Maseno (Author)
Abstract 60 | PDF Downloads 39

Page 61-72

Resilience of African Kinship Values amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions in Masvingo and Bikita Districts, Zimbabwe

Tenson Muyambo, Fortune Sibanda (Author)
Abstract 91 | PDF Downloads 74

Page 73-85

The Bible as a Social Organizational Tool in African Urban Pentecostalism

Paul N. Mwangi (Author)
Abstract 122 | PDF Downloads 184

Page 86-97

Between Kinship and Individualism

Stephen Kioko (Author)
Abstract 90 | PDF Downloads 38

Page 98-110

Book Reviews

World Christianity and Covid-19: Looking Back and Looking Forward by Chammah J. Kaunda

Telesia K. Musili (Author)
Abstract 51 | PDF Downloads 47

Page 134-139

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