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Hist 245:History Or Religion In Africa Question Paper

Hist 245:History Or Religion In Africa

Course:Education

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 (SCHOOL BASED) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : HIST 245
UNIT TITLE : HISTORY OF RELIGIONS IN AFRICA
TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer any three questions

Question One

State five reasons why people practice religion.

(5 Marks)

Explain five major African traditional practices.

(10 Marks)

Describe the African concepts of spirits.

(5 Marks)

Question Two

Explain five factors that facilitated the spread of Christianity in Axum in Ethiopia.

(10 Marks)

Explain five factors that hindered the spread of Christianity in the kingdom of Benin in West Africa.

(10 Marks)

Question Three
Explain the contribution of Christian missionaries in the following areas in Kenya. (20 Marks)

Evangelization.
Education.
Health.
Agriculture.

Question Four

Explain why Islam is regarded as a social system.

(10 Marks)

Explain the impact of spread of Islam in Africa.

(10 Marks)

Question Five

State five methods used to spread Islam religion in Africa.

(5 Marks)

Explain the reasons why the Africans were easily converted to Islam than Christianity.

(10 marks)

How did the introduction of Christianity and Islam affect the traditional African religion?

(5 Marks)

Question Six
Describe the impact of Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity. (20 Marks)

Question Seven

Discuss the factors that led most Egyptians to convert to Islam after that country was conquered by the Arab Muslims in the 7th century A.D. (20 marks)

Question Eight

Give an account of the contribution of the following persons to Christianity in Africa

Tertullian.

(5 Marks)

St. Augustine.

(5 Marks)

Jacobus.

(5 Marks)

Cyprian.

(5 Marks)

Hist 245:History Or Religion In Africa Question Paper

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