Main description:

The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya is a bold and incisive look at the African Church in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, contributors explore how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragilities of African society as well as the weaknesses in the Church's role in helping and serving African communities. The African Church and COVID-19 analyzes the question of how the Church in Kenya should move forward in a post-COVID-19 era to address the vulnerabilities of socio-economic and political structures in Africa.

Contents:

Introduction: Imagining of a Post-COVID-19 Church in Africa

Martin Munyao

Chapter 1: Understanding COVID-19 Disease and the Church in Africa: Infections, Containment, and Vaccines

Natalia Gitu and Peter Martin Gitu

Chapter 2: 'Can these Bones Live?': African Christianity and Human Security in Post-Covid-19 Era

Chammah J. Kaunda

Chapter 3: The Church and Food Security in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Call for Decolonializing the African Mind

Joseph Muutuki

Chapter 4: Environmental Justice and the Church in Post-COVID-19 Era

Peter Durito

Chapter 5: Religious Diplomacy and Interstate Relations During COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Interfaith Engagements in Mediating for Peace and Harmony in the East African Region

Martin Munyao and Maureen Muturi

Chapter 6: The Church and Humanitarian Crisis in The Post-Covid-19 Era

Sylvia Tuikong

Chapter 7: The Church, Family, and Gender-Based Violence in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Patrick Musembi, Joseph Muutuki, and Josephine Munyao

Chapter 8: Assessing the Preparedness of the Church in Handling Mental Health Cases in Society in the Post-COVID-19 Period

John Mudegu

Chapter 9: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Socioeconomic Vulnerability of Households: An Assessment of Poverty Eradication Strategies Employed by Christian Chapel, Kenya

Patrick Musembi

Chapter 10: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Education in Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities

Evelyn Jepkemei and Martin Munyao

Chapter 11: The Church Will Provide: The Church and Public Education in Kenya

Wandia Njoya

Chapter 12: Church, COVID-19, and Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: Strategies for Intervention by the Post-COVID Church

Sylvia Muriuki