AudioPod

About this episode

In many African countries, attitudes towards gender and sexual minorities are overwhelmingly negative. This could be partly due to religious norms and beliefs. However, empirical studies examining how religious leaders in Africa view such minority groups are still scarce. David Kuria Mbote of the Kuria Foundation for Social Enterprise and researchers from Saint Paul’s University in Kenya and institutes in the U.S. have been conducting research aimed at better understanding the attitudes of religious leaders in Kenya towards gay men, lesbian women, transgender people, and other marginalised groups.

Original Article Reference

This SciPod is a summary of the papers ‘Religious Fundamentalism and Attitudes towards Sexual and Gender Minorities and Other Marginalized Groups among Religious Leaders in Kenya’, in Pastoral Psychology, 2021, and ‘Facing Our Fears: The Impact of a 4-Day Training Intervention to Reduce Negative Perspectives on Sexual and Gender Minorities among Religious Leaders in Kenya’, in the Journal of Sex Research, 2021.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseCreative Commons License

What does this mean?

Share: You can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt: You can change, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Credit: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

Increase the impact of your research!

More episodes

Dr Rishabh Shetty | A Novel Method for Standardizing Single Molecule Studies

Studying single molecules provides researchers with unique insights into biological mechanisms and processes and...

Professor Kenneth Scheve – Professor David Stasavage | Why US Tax Policy Hasn’t Responded to Rising Inequality

Whether policymaking can develop solutions for the inevitable problems that capitalism creates has long been a concern...

Dr Jerome Premmereur | What Spinoza Can Help us Understand About Extreme Radicalism

In a novel exploration of human radicalism, defined by governments as violent attacks, Dr Jerome Premmereur, a...

Dr Marius Nagy – Dr Naya Nagy | Is a Problem Solvable or Not? Quantum Deciders Outperform Classical Ones

Today, the success of businesses and technologies relies on their ability to make quick decisions to address complex...

Henry DeGroot – Dr Timothy Hanusa | Grinding Towards Greener Chemistry: Synthesis Without Solvents

In the world of chemistry, solvate-assisted grinding is a new method that could revolutionize how we make important...

Julius Reiff | Soil, Seeds, and Sustainability: The Power of Permaculture during Environmental Breakdown

Pressing environmental challenges, such as soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change, can negatively...