One-Minute Spirituality with Selvam
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Author: selvam
Secularisation & Spirituality Research
The aim of the study is to explore the trajectories and dynamics of young adults (18 to 35 year olds) who were baptised in a church, but have abandoned their Christian faith in favour of a non-religious spirituality or secularisation; they might believe in God or not. The study targets participants who were born or brought up in Nairobi, and who may be currently living elsewhere in the country or outside.
It has been approved by NACOSTI/P/22/15551. The study involves no known risk to participants and contains no deception. It takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes to take part in the INTERVIEW. In the online interview that will be scheduled according to participant’s convenience, the participant is expected to answer a series of questions in an interactive manner. […]
Sermon for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle C Homily
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle C
When it comes to conversion, it is I first!
In one of his daily sermons (on 19 May 2017), Pope Francis said, some people “use rigidness to cover weaknesses, sins, personality flaws, and they use rigidness to rank themselves above others.” The Pope suggested that people who are rigid about their faith tend to live double lives. On another occasion, the Pope said, concealed by rigidity there is always something else! That’s why Jesus uses the word ‘hypocrites!’ “They appear good because they follow the Law; but behind there is something that does not make them good. Either they’re bad, hypocrites or they are sick. They suffer!” he said.
In this context, someone recently drew my attention to the results of a research carried out by the Harvard B-School […]
Selvam’s Contribution to Positive Psychology Reviewed.
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A recently published book by Springer, The International Handbook of Positive Psychology, has a chapter on Positive Psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of the chapter, Selvam’s contribution to positive psychology has been extensively reviewed.
Wilson Fadiji, A., & Wissing, M. P. (2022). Positive Psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa. In The International Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 307-354). Springer, Cham.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-57354-6
Sermon for 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle C Homily
How Happy Are You… (Lk 6:17-26)
6th Sunday in Ordinary
A few years ago, on a Saturday in February I was travelling from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam. My companion on this 1000 kilometre journey was a priest. Both of us had sermons to preach the next day. At one point during the journey, the priest friend asked me, “Selvam, have you by chance looked up at the gospel text for tomorrow?” “Oh yes, it is the Beatitudes from Luke,” I said. And he seemed to be sure of himself as he said, “Oh… the Sermon on the Mount!” My immediate reply was, “No, not really! In fact, it is a sermon from the plains!”
Often when we look at Gospel texts we easily say: oh yes, I know it. For instance, […]