Objects of Catholic Conversion in Colonial Buganda: A Study of the Miraculous Medal

Adorned with an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and other Christian emblems and text, the miraculous medal has been an important object of Catholic intercessory prayer since the mid-nineteenth century. The religious and social history of the medal in Europe is relatively well known. However, few sc...

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Main Author: Bennett, Alison 19XX- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2021
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 27-64
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buganda / Holy See (motif) / Mission (international law / Miraculous medallion / Material popular culture / Cultural appropriation / History 1880-1950
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
RJ Mission; missiology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B miraculous medal
B Missionaries
B Material Culture
B Uganda
B Catholicism
B East Africa
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