Daniel Kasomo — новинки

From the earliest times people have believed that there are forces beyond human understanding and powerful in nature. Man has begun to worship these forces of sun, moon, fire and has attributed to them supernatural powers. People have also considered things that are extra-ordinary in nature and take it as a manifestation of powers that surround us. They build things that owe respect to these things.This book come at a time when the world is becoming secularised.It is a book meant to all Human beings.It will be good for all Religions to read and understand each religion for co-existence. Nor Religion is better from the other it is only from ones point of view. Comparative religion is the study of the inter-relationships of the various religious trade and of the way in which religious themes and ideas are diffused in these traditions. It is concerned with the influence of religion on one another. The book will help in understanding the breakaway believers from the mainstream Religions and why they do that.

Today in Africa there is a conflict between the traditional Oath and Christian teachings on the same. Christians see traditional oath as an outdated practice while others use it as an inevitable tool for solving socio-cultural and religious problems. Studies have been carried in connection with Oath but these studies are too general. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the primary data. Null hypotheses were tested by ANOVA at 0.05 level of significance. This book has shown in depth that African Oath works like a Catholic Sacrament "ex opera operato"("by the work worked"). That means the African Oath as a ritual has a causal power or efficacy beyond its subjective or psychological effects. Traditional oath is practised in traditional set up for a variety of reasons. Oath is also used in clandestine socio-religious and political movements to bind the adherents together under penalty of death. For Africans Traditional Oath is also used in the administration of justice as the highest arbiter of justice to a person who feels justice is denied to him. The book is an asset for all who would like to know more about oath.

Christianity is recent in black Africa. With the exception of the Coptic and orthodox churches in Egypt and Ethiopia, few of the African churches are well over 100 years old. The original method of evangelisation was implantation of the western culture and form of Christianity in most part of our continent. Hence theology, liturgy, spirituality and church law were and still are to a great extent western in character. This state of affairs was enhanced by the general contempt for African traditional Religions and cultures among the early missionaries. The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the development of African Theology, its impact and influence on African people and their belief systems. It will help readers to participate actively in formulating, analysing and articulating theology in the African context. It examines the origin, methodology and content of African Theologies. The meaning of the human person from an African point of view and from a theological perspective; human existence seen from the signs of the times; the human person and other theologies of human existence in the light of the paschal mystery. A Good book for catechesis and evangelisation.

Today than ever before the world is becoming secularised. Many developing and developed countries need evangelisation. The traditional belief in mystical powers can act as a spring board to show how we can be spiritually enriched. The manifestation of mystical powers is an indication of how we can tap the spirituality behind it and enrich ourselves. Some studies have been carried out about mystical powers but the studies are not as scientific as you will find in this book. This book therefore provides the meaning, manifestations, usefulness and effects of mystical powers in Africa. It indicates that if you take away a persons belief, culture and custom you better replace it with something of value. The primary data was analysed and hypotheses scientifically tested by use of Chi-square test. The belief in mystical powers touches not only Christians but all religions of the world. It is a book that shed a lot of light in understanding mystical powers in various academic disciplines. The book is useful to students of Humanities, researchers, professionals, evangelisers and Spiritual healing ministers and any person who would like to know more about mystical powers.

Statistics has become an essential course to all students of research. Students entering the undergraduate programme are diverse. Some have strong mathematical skills, while others are average. For students to understand courses in Educational and social statistics is vital that they grasp the basic of statistics. This course introduces students to various tools used in statistical analysis. Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write. Each day our lives we are exposed to a wide assorted of numerical information pertaining to such phenomena as stock marker activity, unemployment rates, medical research findings, weather forecasts, opinion poll results and sports data. Frequently such information has a pound impact on our lives. Finally the book attempts to equip the student with the basics in statistics so as to enable them have a basic for studying statistics in quantitative methods at higher levels.

One vital requisite for university teaching is research and publication. The author, draw on examples from research in humanities and education and current issues to provide researchers with basis for appreciating how research applies to today''s concerns. The need for creating graduates that are well trained in all aspects of research, albeit at the fundamental level is an important tenet of university education. It is in this light that this book, Research Methods in Humanities and Education, is perceived. The book has been designed to provide the fundamental knowledge, skills and assist in the development of values for appreciating research not only as an academic activity, but also a necessary aspect of socio-economic and political life of the individual. This is because research has been acknowledged as a vital component of the development process. It is important to have a population informed about research facilitates the research process in terms of providing the needed research data and utilizing research findings and recommendations. One basic purpose of research is to seek solutions to problems that either directly or indirectly affect human beings and society.

In recent years, teacher inspection in most countries of the world has been discouraged with teacher supervision being encouraged. This research was aimed at establishing the effectiveness of teacher supervision during teacher inspection. Data was analyzed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics. The null hypotheses were tested by use of simple analysis of variance. The results indicated that effective teacher supervision aims at quality control, professional development, and teacher motivation. Inspectors needed skills on human relations and human resource development. The Inspectorate Departments should emphasize in their instructions to inspectors that they carry out more teacher supervision than inspection. Job satisfaction came out as a factor which could possibly influence the effectiveness of teacher supervision. Summative evaluation would enable stakeholders in teacher supervision understand the advantages and benefits of teacher supervision and be able to choose between supervision and inspection. This book is good and relevant tool to inspectors,Teachers, Human resource managers and supervisors in educational administration and in any industry in the world.