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CHRISTIAN
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
(Christianity in
East African
Environment)
Paper 3
2½ hrs.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer any four questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.
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1. Examine the salient features of East African communities before the coming of
Christian Missionaries. (25 marks)
2. (a) Explain the set up of African Traditional family institution. (13 marks)
(b) What changes that have taken place in the present family setup? (12 marks)
3. (a) How were the adolescents initiated in African Traditional society? (12 marks)
(b) Account for Christian Missionaries condemnation of circumcision rite among
the Kikuyu. (13 marks)
4. (a) Examine ways in which the dead were remembered in African Traditional
Society. (12 marks)
(b) How do Christians in modern Church venerate departed? (13 marks)
7. (a) Analyse the role of the Church in provision of medical services in East Africa.
(13 marks)
(b) What problems has the Church faced in trying to provide medical services?
(12 marks)
8. (a) “The Christian Church has experienced a revolution in its worshiping rituals.”
Comment. (12 marks)
(b) Account for the revolution in the Church today. (13 marks)
9. (a) Account for the death of Bishop James Hannington in 1885. (12 marks)
(b) How did his death affect the spread of the Church in East Africa? (13 marks)
10. “Islam is more inclined to African Traditional religion than to Christianity.” Assess
the validity of the statement. (25 marks)
11. “Where as the Church boasts of big number of followers, these are Christians merely
in name.” Discuss. (25 marks)
12. (a) Account for the high level of corruption in your country. (13 marks)
(b) Advise on how to overcome corruption in your society. (12 marks)
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