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Alava & Shroff, “Unravelling Church Land”

Alava, Henni and Shroff, Catrine. (2019) “Unravelling Church Land: Transformations in the Relations between Church, State and Community in Uganda.” …

September 19, 2019 ndca-admin

Ravalde, “Deceiving the spirit”

Ravalde, L. (2019). “Deceiving the spirit: engaging with the Holy Spirit in Catholic Uganda.” Africa 89(1), 147-164.  Abstract: During ethnographic fieldwork …

March 31, 2019 ndca-admin

Scherz, “Enduring the Awkward Embrace”

Scherz, China. 2017. Enduring the Awkward Embrace: Ontology and Ethical Work in a Ugandan Convent. American Anthropologist 120(1): 102-112. The first …

July 13, 2018 ndca-admin

Bruner, Jason. 2017. Living Salvation in the East African Revival in Uganda

Reviewed by Emma Wild-Wood (University of Edinburgh). Since its beginnings in the 1930s the East African Revival has had a lasting influence on the religious culture of the region. It began in Uganda and Rwanda as a lively, internal critique to the orderly and hierarchical Anglican Church of Uganda

January 2, 2018 ndca-admin

Boyd, “Preaching Prevention: Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda”

Boyd, Lydia. 2015. Preaching prevention: born-again Christianity and the moral politics of AIDS in Uganda. Athens: Ohio University Press. Publisher’s Description: Preaching …

November 10, 2015 ndca-admin

Film, “God Loves Uganda”

Williams, Roger Ross. 2013. God Loves Uganda. 83 min. Filmaker’s Description:  The feature-length documentary God Loves Uganda is a powerful exploration …

November 12, 2013 ndca-admin

Scherz, “Let us make God our banker”

Scherz, China. 2013. Let us make God our banker: Ethics, temporality, and agency in a Ugandan charity home. American Ethnologist …

November 7, 2013 ndca-admin

Boyd, “The Problem with Freedom”

Boyd, Lydia. 2013. The Problem with Freedom: Homosexuality and Human Rights in Uganda. Anthropological Quarterly 86(3):697-724. Abstract: The recent backlash …

August 27, 2013 ndca-admin

James, “Themes in Spirit Possession in Ugandan Christianity”

James, R. 2013. Themes in Spirit Possession in Ugandan Christianity. International Journal of Modern Anthropology. Abstract: Spirit possession and the …

July 3, 2013 ndca-admin

Freeman, “Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa”

Freeman, Dena, ed.  (2012) Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa. New York: Palgrave McMillan.  Publisher’s description: The practice and …

November 10, 2012 ndca-admin

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