Church and Politics in East Africa
Author: Henry Okullu
Publisher: Uzima Publishing House
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry Okullu
Publisher: Uzima Publishing House
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Holger Bernt Hansen
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Religious activities have been of continuing importance in the rise of protest against post-colonial governments in Eastern Africa. This volume describes attempts by governments to manage religious affairs in both Muslim and Christian areas; religious denominations acting in opposition to one-party state regimes; Islamic fundamentalism and its role before and after the end of the Cold War; and the era of structural adjustment and the part played by Christian churches operating as NGOs within its constraints.
Author: Holger Bernt Hansen
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780821410868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The impact of religion on the political process has come to the fore in recent years in a wide variety of societies. Yet the significant and varied ways in which the rapidly changing religious context has impacted on the politics of modern Africa is still a relatively neglected field. This book, which is designed to fill this gap in the teaching of African Politics, assembles and analyses an enormous amount of hitherto scattered material on the interaction between politics and religious groups in the post-independence, but also colonial, eras. Dr Haynes focuses on all three of the main organised religious traditions in Africa - Christian, Islamic and 'syncretistic' movements, including the rise of various fundamentalist groups. His thematic and comparative approach embraces all parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks to locate the role of religion in the African political process in its historical, social and international contexts. In doing so, he illuminates what has often been a profoundly important factor affecting the stability of governments, evolution of civil society and even the development trajectory of many African countries. The author's combination of theoretical context, rich empirical information and thoughtful analysis makes this book ideal as a text for students, as well as commanding a wider interest.
Author: Emmanuel K. Twesigye
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781433109959
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa is the first major, original, and extensive research-based study of the apocalyptic and doomsday Catholic Marian Movement and its Benedictine monastic moral and religious practices, including vows of poverty, celibacy, obedience, daily contemplation in silence, and hard work. The Marian Movement is presented within the cultural, historical, political, and religious context of the East African Revival Movement, the Anglican Balokole Movement, Alice Lakwena's Holy Spirit Movement, Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and other religio-political liberation movements, including the Maji Maji, the Mau Mau, and Nyabingi Liberation Movement. The Marian Movement was locally known as «Abanyabugoto» and «The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God». It began in 1989 as a Catholic women's Marian devotional and moral reformation movement, founded and headed by Keledonia Mwerinde. Faced with African cultural patriarchy and male-dominated Catholic Church hierarchy, Mwerinde recruited Joseph Kibwetere and the Rev. Fr. Dominic Kataribabo to serve as the public face of the Marian Movement. In response to Catholic hierarchy's opposition and persecution, Fr. Kataribabo designed a theology of ritual sacrifice, atonement, and martyrdoms for the devout Marian Catholics, who were devotees of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He martyred the Marian devotees in March 2000, in order to transform them into Mary's saints, and to liberate their souls and send them to heaven, where they would instantly attain eternal life, lasting peace, and happiness.
Author: Allan John Macdonald
Publisher: London : Longmans
Published: 1916
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas T. Spear
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tanzanian and US historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and church people challenge the assumption that Christianity in the region represents colonial and capitalist powers that helped subdue Africans. They show instead how Africans have spread the religion among themselves, have seized control of their own spiritual destinies, and used their religious beliefs to improve their individual and collective lives. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Galia Sabar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1136334203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume offers a debate on the role of Christianity in post-colonial Kenya, charting the role of the church, state and society in the transformation of Kenya and the relationship between the three. It shows how the church initiated health, education, and economic activities, showing it to be a major instrument of transformation.