Foreword

Volume 9, Issue II

Welcome to Volume 9, Issue II that comprises of ten articles.

The first article “The Lucan Jesus as the model for transformative masculinity: A lesson for Nigerian conservative churches on gender equity. This article examines contextualization on the model of Christ Jesus as presented in Luke’s gospel, as a model of transformative masculinity towards gender equity and how Jesus relates to women offering ways to deconstruct toxic masculinity, within the Nigerian conservative churches. The second article “The spread of information disorder on facebook and its impact on sociocultural sustainability. This study focuses on how information disorder on facebook affects sociocultural sustainability. The third article “The impact of the leadership style of the four caliphates on the politics of Islam in contemporary time”.  The article investigates the historical development of the four caliphs and caliphates in the early Muslim community, during their reign of caliphates. The study explores into the different leadership styles of the four caliphs, in managing the community safely and peacefully.  The fourth article “Missions and digitally empowered ministers in the Anglican Church of Uganda”.  This article examines the role of new online ministers in the Anglican Church of Uganda, focusing on how they negotiate authority between digital and institutional settings and how this shapes their relationships with other institutional actors. It demonstrates that digital missions are hindered by competition but accelerated through collaboration. The fifth article “Green supply chain management practices and sustainability of pharmaceutical firms:  A systematic literature review”. The study aimed at evaluating the impact of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices on sustainability of pharmaceutical firms. The sixth article “A clash of worldviews: Towards an assessment of its impact on discipleship among Evangelical Christians in the Tharaka Community of Kenya”.  This notes that the worldview unleashes a profound paradox, challenging the essence of Christianity as it is in many African communities. The Tharaka worldview is considered to be inconsistent with the Evangelical faith or the Evangelical Christian worldview. The seventh article “Cultural, religious, and government institutions: Imagining the possibility of their cooperation in poverty alleviation in Uganda”.  The paper wrestles with the question: In what possible ways can cultural institutions, religious leaders, and government cooperate to harmonise foreign cultures to develop Africanised education curriculum, towards alleviation of economic poverty in Uganda? The eighth article “Debunking and demystifying mental health in the context of African world view today”.  This study sets out to debunk and demystify mental health by assessing reasons for limiting mental health to world view causes and analyzing scientific and possible other causes/characteristics in Africa, prevention and healing of mental health.  The ninth article “Adoption of online church services and participation by Kenya Anglican Youth Organization in Cathedral Deanery, Thika Diocese, Kiambu County, Kenya”.  The study examined adoption of online church platforms and participation of youth in an ACK deanery, involvement of the youth in planning for online church services and the challenges encountered by the youth in online church services. The tenth article “Gender based violence in Nairobi informal settlements: Women survivors’ access to justice through SMS”. This paper explores the role of SMS platforms in facilitating access to justice for survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Specifically, it investigates the extent of SMS use among GBV survivors in Mukuru informal settlement and the factors influencing their adoption of this technology.