TY - JOUR
T1 - 'The testimony must begin in the home'
T2 - The life of Salvation and the remaking of homes in the East African revival in Southern Uganda, c. 1930-1955
AU - Bruner, Jason
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/3/20
Y1 - 2014/3/20
N2 - The late colonial era in Uganda was not an easy time to keep families intact. Colonial officials, missionaries, and concerned East Africans offered their diagnoses of the problems and prescriptions for responding to the dilemma. In this context, Balokole Anglican revivalists articulated new patterns and ideals of family life. These new patterns of family life were not uniform across Uganda or East Africa, but they did share common characteristics that were derived from the spiritual disciplines and religious beliefs of the Balokole revival. As such, this essay argues that the revival movement was not simply a new message of eternal salvation or primarily a form of dissent, but rather a means through which a group of African Christians sought to address quotidian domestic problems and concerns of late-colonial East Africa.
AB - The late colonial era in Uganda was not an easy time to keep families intact. Colonial officials, missionaries, and concerned East Africans offered their diagnoses of the problems and prescriptions for responding to the dilemma. In this context, Balokole Anglican revivalists articulated new patterns and ideals of family life. These new patterns of family life were not uniform across Uganda or East Africa, but they did share common characteristics that were derived from the spiritual disciplines and religious beliefs of the Balokole revival. As such, this essay argues that the revival movement was not simply a new message of eternal salvation or primarily a form of dissent, but rather a means through which a group of African Christians sought to address quotidian domestic problems and concerns of late-colonial East Africa.
KW - Ankole
KW - East African Revival
KW - Uganda
KW - colonialism
KW - conversion
KW - family
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U2 - 10.1163/15700666-12340021
DO - 10.1163/15700666-12340021
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84926144227
SN - 0022-4200
VL - 44
SP - 309
EP - 332
JO - Journal of Religion in Africa
JF - Journal of Religion in Africa
IS - 3-4
ER -