Damaris Seleina Parsitau
Biographic Data
| ID | 2026410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damaris Seleina Parsitau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damaris Seleina |
| FAMILY NAME | Parsitau |
| SIGNATURE | PARSITAU D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Egerton University Kenya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Law, Religion, and the Politicization of Sexual Citizenship in Kenya
In Kenya, debates about sexual orientation have assumed center stage at several points in recent years, but particularly before and after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010. These debates have been fueled by religious clergy and by politicians who want to align themselves with religious organizations for respectability and legitimation, particularly by seeking to influence the nation's legal norms around sexuality. I argue that…
Intimately Engaging with Religion and Sexuality
From Victimhood to Creative Resistance
Keep Holy Distance and Abstain till He Comes
The Deliverance Church in Kenya has attempted to provide moral solutions to the HIV/AIDS pandemic by promoting behavioral change among the youth: it teaches abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage and requires mandatory HIV testing for those intending to get married. Such teachings confine HIV/AIDS to issues of sex, obscure the complexity of sexuality, and ignore social, economic, and political situations that fuel the spread of t…
Sounds of Change and Reform
Keep Holy Distance and Abstain till He Comes
The Deliverance Church in Kenya has attempted to provide moral solutions to the HIV/AIDS pandemic by promoting behavioral change among the youth: it teaches abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage and requires mandatory HIV testing for those intending to get married. Such teachings confine HIV/AIDS to issues of sex, obscure the complexity of sexuality, and ignore social, economic, and political situations that fuel the spread of t…
Sounds of Change and Reform
Sounds of Change and Reform
Keep Holy Distance and Abstain till He Comes
The Deliverance Church in Kenya has attempted to provide moral solutions to the HIV/AIDS pandemic by promoting behavioral change among the youth: it teaches abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage and requires mandatory HIV testing for those intending to get married. Such teachings confine HIV/AIDS to issues of sex, obscure the complexity of sexuality, and ignore social, economic, and political situations that fuel the spread of t…
Intimately Engaging with Religion and Sexuality
From Victimhood to Creative Resistance
Law, Religion, and the Politicization of Sexual Citizenship in Kenya
In Kenya, debates about sexual orientation have assumed center stage at several points in recent years, but particularly before and after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010. These debates have been fueled by religious clergy and by politicians who want to align themselves with religious organizations for respectability and legitimation, particularly by seeking to influence the nation's legal norms around sexuality. I argue that…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Criminology (2 works)