Gregory Deacon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Deacon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Deacon |
| SIGNATURE | DEACON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Studies, University of Oxford, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6LH [email protected] Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community activity intervention reduced sitting time and improved population physical activity levels
The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of the Beat the Street intervention; a gamification intervention to promote physical activity, reduce sitting time and improve wellbeing, among residents of Chelmsford and South Woodham Ferrers. Pre-post experimental design of the Beat the Street Intervention. Beat the Street gamifies neighbourhoods, incentivising the community to actively travel, collecting virtual points at sensors on s…
The political role of Christian churches
Christianity has been intimately involved with power in Kenya since the country’s birth even though much has changed with regards to what Christianity is and what it does. Today, as during the colonial and early post-colonial periods, the political role of Christian churches includes the activities of individual clergy and organized churches, both of which make periodic public statements, provide public services, and support local and national go…
Preaching politics: Islam and Christianity on the Kenya coast
Focusing on the Kenya coast, this article analyses the developing contrast between the place of Islam and Christianity in public politics. It argues that Islam’s association with criticism of the political order contrasts with Christianity, but that this is not the result of inherent difference between the religions. Both have previously provided a language, and space, for political commentary and activism in Kenya. The contrast is rather the con…
Driving the Devil Out: Kenya's Born-Again Election
Neo-Pentecostal or born-again language and understandings are highly prominent in Kenya. They were especially visible during the general election of 2013 in which the victorious Jubilee coalition campaigned using a narrative according to which the nation was being washed clean of past sins, redeemed, and born again. This was attractive to and reflected the desires of Kenyans seeking to move beyond the horrors of the postelection violence that occ…
Allowing Satan in? Moving Toward a Political Economy of Neo-Pentecostalism in Kenya
Neo-Pentecostalism provides African elites with an avenue for legitimation of authority and wealth and, to some extent, bolsters power and authority. Simultaneously, ordinary people look for control over their lives-realities that help explain the explosion of neo-Pentecostal beliefs across sub-Saharan Africa that began in the 1980s. The political legitimacy provided is open to contestation and debate, liable to be rejected by some and questioned…
Pentecostalism and development in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi
This article outlines one of the activities organised by an international Evangelical faith-based development organisation (FBDO) working in the Kibera informal settlement, an area that attracts large numbers of development practitioners, including FBDOs and Christian missionaries. Some Pentecostal and Evangelical perceptions of entrepreneurship are outlined, which are then related to current theoretical descriptions of the role of global Penteco…
Allowing Satan in? Moving Toward a Political Economy of Neo-Pentecostalism in Kenya
Neo-Pentecostalism provides African elites with an avenue for legitimation of authority and wealth and, to some extent, bolsters power and authority. Simultaneously, ordinary people look for control over their lives-realities that help explain the explosion of neo-Pentecostal beliefs across sub-Saharan Africa that began in the 1980s. The political legitimacy provided is open to contestation and debate, liable to be rejected by some and questioned…
Driving the Devil Out: Kenya's Born-Again Election
Neo-Pentecostal or born-again language and understandings are highly prominent in Kenya. They were especially visible during the general election of 2013 in which the victorious Jubilee coalition campaigned using a narrative according to which the nation was being washed clean of past sins, redeemed, and born again. This was attractive to and reflected the desires of Kenyans seeking to move beyond the horrors of the postelection violence that occ…
Preaching politics: Islam and Christianity on the Kenya coast
Focusing on the Kenya coast, this article analyses the developing contrast between the place of Islam and Christianity in public politics. It argues that Islam’s association with criticism of the political order contrasts with Christianity, but that this is not the result of inherent difference between the religions. Both have previously provided a language, and space, for political commentary and activism in Kenya. The contrast is rather the con…
Pentecostalism and development in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi
This article outlines one of the activities organised by an international Evangelical faith-based development organisation (FBDO) working in the Kibera informal settlement, an area that attracts large numbers of development practitioners, including FBDOs and Christian missionaries. Some Pentecostal and Evangelical perceptions of entrepreneurship are outlined, which are then related to current theoretical descriptions of the role of global Penteco…
Allowing Satan in? Moving Toward a Political Economy of Neo-Pentecostalism in Kenya
Neo-Pentecostalism provides African elites with an avenue for legitimation of authority and wealth and, to some extent, bolsters power and authority. Simultaneously, ordinary people look for control over their lives-realities that help explain the explosion of neo-Pentecostal beliefs across sub-Saharan Africa that began in the 1980s. The political legitimacy provided is open to contestation and debate, liable to be rejected by some and questioned…
Driving the Devil Out: Kenya's Born-Again Election
Neo-Pentecostal or born-again language and understandings are highly prominent in Kenya. They were especially visible during the general election of 2013 in which the victorious Jubilee coalition campaigned using a narrative according to which the nation was being washed clean of past sins, redeemed, and born again. This was attractive to and reflected the desires of Kenyans seeking to move beyond the horrors of the postelection violence that occ…
Preaching politics: Islam and Christianity on the Kenya coast
Focusing on the Kenya coast, this article analyses the developing contrast between the place of Islam and Christianity in public politics. It argues that Islam’s association with criticism of the political order contrasts with Christianity, but that this is not the result of inherent difference between the religions. Both have previously provided a language, and space, for political commentary and activism in Kenya. The contrast is rather the con…
The political role of Christian churches
Christianity has been intimately involved with power in Kenya since the country’s birth even though much has changed with regards to what Christianity is and what it does. Today, as during the colonial and early post-colonial periods, the political role of Christian churches includes the activities of individual clergy and organized churches, both of which make periodic public statements, provide public services, and support local and national go…
Community activity intervention reduced sitting time and improved population physical activity levels
The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of the Beat the Street intervention; a gamification intervention to promote physical activity, reduce sitting time and improve wellbeing, among residents of Chelmsford and South Woodham Ferrers. Pre-post experimental design of the Beat the Street Intervention. Beat the Street gamifies neighbourhoods, incentivising the community to actively travel, collecting virtual points at sensors on s…
Political science (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Christianity (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works)