Habits make us. Habits also break us.
This book is about habits. It is a guide to getting rid of habits that break you and building habits that make you.
Habits that build you up and others around you goes to form your Character Virtue. Character Strengths are said to contribute to individual and collective wellebing.
In effect, this is not a book. It is a manual for a Christian pilgrimage towards inner freedom and wellbeing. It provides guidelines daily, for forty days.
There is something wonderful that is going to happen to you at the end of this pilgrimage. You are likely to have a renewed vision, restored motivation, and revitalized energy.
Walk one day at a time. Walk to inner freedom. Walk to the embrace of God.
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Pastoral Psychology for Africa: A Guide to Practice (2019)
Selvam, S.G. (2019). Pastoral psychology for Africa: A guide for practice. Nairobi: Paulines Africa.
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In pastoral practice, good will is not good enough. We also need a scientific approach. Psychology can provide a framework for a systematic approach in pastoral care.
Psychology for Pastoral Practice in Africa is designed to offer a scientific framework for Christian ministry in traditional societies such as Africa. The approach is ecumenical and Catholic. It is scholarly and accessible.
The book has 30 chapters grouped into five parts:
1. Psychology and Pastoral Care
2. The Person of the Pastoral Practitioner
3. Along Life-Long Development
4. Anomalous and Religious Experiences
5. Groups and Individuals
Outline of a Typical Chapter
Each chapter discusses one particular problem or situation in the pastoral context, sheds light on the problem by having recourse […]
Empirical Research: A Study Guide
From Tangaza University College – Update
Tangaza Contributes to Research in Kenya
Our DVC Designate, Rev. Prof. Sahaya G. Selvam, is a role model in research and publication. His latest publication is in fact on research (Empirical Research: A Study Guide, Paulines Africa, 2017). It is a book that is written precisely with the African students in mind. It provides a study guide for university students at every level.
The book insists that research should go beyond the mere fulfilment of an academic requirement in terms of producing a thesis or a dissertation. It focuses on a scientific approach that insists on an internal consistency.
How do we know something is scientific? This is the author’s criterion: what gets published in international peer-reviewed journals, particularly those that are published by […]
Empirical Research: A Study Guide
Why another book on research methods? There are a few books that are over cited by students in East Africa. These books tend to be absolutised by teachers and examiners. What is important in research is the scientific approach. Not everything is written on rock. Moreover, research goes beyond the mere fulfilment of an academic requirement in terms of producing a thesis or a dissertation. This book focuses on a scientific approach that insists on an internal consistency. The book also proposes that research should go beyond a thesis.
When I started teaching research methods, I realised that students in East Africa […]
African Youth Today: Challenges and Prospects
The present volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Youth Studies (IYS) at Tangaza University College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa. The presence of IYS suggests that we need to acknowledge that ‘youth studies’ could be a legitimate academic programme, and youth work and ministry are inevitable employable professions. IYS prepares youth workers and counsellors through its academic programmes in youth ministry, youth studies and counselling psychology. The programmes focus on three components: theories – that explain the nature and behaviour of youth; skills – in dealing with youth and their families in a variety of contexts; and research – in order to evolve home-grown models and theories in youth work and counselling.
This book is a collection of papers that report studies […]