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dc.contributor.authorWambugu, Simon Nderitu
dc.contributor.authorKibor, Esther
dc.contributor.authorKoros, William
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-01T07:54:57Z
dc.date.available2024-07-01T07:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.identifier.issn2415-6248
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.kabarak.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1538
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article was to examine the relationship between understandings of God and the role of paranormal religious experiences among the Akurinu believers in Nairobi County, Kenya, as believers who share doctrines, beliefs and practices with other believers in African Independent Churches (AICs). The authentic hermeneutical procedure of interpreting God’s objective truth recorded in the Bible is instrumental to believers’ access to God’s truth. Two theories which guided the study were Divine Command Theory (DCT) and Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DIT). The study adopted mixed methods research which used descriptive research design. The study was conducted among believers sampled from Akurinu congregations registered with General Conference of Akurinu Churches Assembly (GeCACA) in Nairobi County. The study targeted population of 2600 Akurinu believers. A sample size of 336 Akurinu believers and 18 leaders was selected using simple random, proportionate and purposive sampling techniques, respectively. Validity and reliability were ensured through piloting and expert advice and piloting of instruments. Data were analysed using Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22.0, to generate multivariate linear regression model at alpha=0.05 and findings presented in tables, frequencies, percentages and inferential statistics. The results indicated a strong positive correlation at r=0.659, which justified acceptance of an alternative hypothesis. The findings would help Akurinu leadership apply authentic hermeneutical principles which would increase the accuracy of God’s truth accessed objectively from biblical texts and applied as biblical contextual theology by Akurinu believers.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSaudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectContextual theologyen_US
dc.subjectcontextualisationen_US
dc.subjectdiffusionen_US
dc.subjectdivine commandsen_US
dc.subjectparanormal religious experiences.en_US
dc.titleRelationship between Contextualised Understandings of God the Role of Paranormal Religious Experiences among Akurinu Believers in Nairobi Countyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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