Contesting Catholics
Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 2021
266 pages
978-1-78744-802-5 (ISBN)
Description
First scholarly treatment of Uganda's first elected ruler; offers new insights into the religious and political history of modern Uganda.
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Contesting Catholics
Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda
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Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda
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Persons
Earle Jonathon L.:
JONATHON L. EARLE is the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Social Studies at Centre College and co-author of Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda.Carney J.J.:
J.J. Carney is Associate Professor of Theology, Creighton University, and author of Rwanda before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era (2014), which won the Ogot award.
JONATHON L. EARLE is the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Social Studies at Centre College and co-author of Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda.Carney J.J.:
J.J. Carney is Associate Professor of Theology, Creighton University, and author of Rwanda before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era (2014), which won the Ogot award.
Content
Introduction: Catholic Democracy and Political Duress in Colonial Uganda
Benedicto Kiwanuka, Catholic Uganda and the Gospel of Democracy
Republicanism and Secession in Tesoland and Rwenzururu
Catholic Violence and Political Revolution in Bunyoro and Kigezi
Acholi Alliances and Party Insurrection in Ankole
Catholic Patronage and Royalist Alternatives in Buganda
"I offer today my body and blood": Violence, Resistance, and Martyrdom
Conclusion: Memory and Memorialisation
Benedicto Kiwanuka, Catholic Uganda and the Gospel of Democracy
Republicanism and Secession in Tesoland and Rwenzururu
Catholic Violence and Political Revolution in Bunyoro and Kigezi
Acholi Alliances and Party Insurrection in Ankole
Catholic Patronage and Royalist Alternatives in Buganda
"I offer today my body and blood": Violence, Resistance, and Martyrdom
Conclusion: Memory and Memorialisation
