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International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies

Volume 2, Issue 4, 2022

Political Campaigns in Kenyan Churches: A Compromise of an Arbiter?



Author(s): Dr. Thomas Otieno Juma

Abstract:

Proceeding from the notion that campaigns are very good political mobilization activity that makes politics alive, this article seeks to interrogate the rampancy of political campaigns within the church mainstream services. While establishing it necessitates, I proceed to inquire the ‘mixing separations’ that it breeds, seek to evaluate the role of the church as a political arbiter and how this practice (campaign in churches) can compromise her, I move to assess whether this is an extension of clientellism bait, or whether the whole exercise is a symptomatic search for a functional political system yet to be experienced in Kenya hence portrayal of lack of ‘form-state’. Finally, this discourse observes that the Church – State past intercourse with the present challenges is important for preserving the church and her central societal role. Using descriptive discourse analysis and Chicago Manual citation style, this article used available scholarly materials to re-spin the wheel and concluded that there is a better place for political campaigns.


Keywords: Political Campaigns, Church Campaigns, Church and State, Church Clientellism, Political Systems, Form-State, Arbitration, Political Mobilization

Pages: 297-302

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