Beliefs and Practices in Ugo (Divination) from a Christian Perspective

This book examines the biblical and beliefs and practices in ugo. It explores how the biblical and beliefs and practices in go can enrich each other for effective evangelism of G k y . The author shows that lack of inculturating the beliefs and practices in go into Christianity is the major cause of adherence to a dual religious thought system, with one foot in go, and the other in contemporary Christian thought by Presbyterian Christians. This phenomenon inhibits the growth and genuine expression of the Christian faith. The writer argues that the solution of this dualism is by integrating beliefs and practices in go into Christianity so that G k y PCEA Christians may have a wholistic Christian living. Using an inculturation paradigm theory that follows three stages; phase one consists of a critical evaluation of the cultural element of beliefs and practices in go on the basis of Biblical teachings. The second is a descriptive analysis of the aforementioned element as is understood in the G k y culture. The third deals with the actual method of integrating, replacing or rejecting the same. This has enabled the author to develop a clear inculturated contemporary healing and

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Hezekiah Murage Muraya is an ordained minister of Presbyterian Church of East Africa. He holds a Bachelor in Divinity from St. Paul s University, a Masters degree in Theology from Columbia Seminary and a PhD from Kenyatta University. He is presently the pastor at PCEA Nairobi West Parish and an adjunct lecturer in Presbyterian University.