A Ugandan Critique of Western Caricatures of African Spirituality: Okot p’Bitek in Historical Context
While foreign missionary endeavours in Uganda beginning in the late 1870s resulted in massive numbers of conversions during the next several decades,and with the vital assistance of countless indigenous evangelists, the gradual religious metamorphosis of that British colony, there was also significa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
2008
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 21, Issue: 2 |
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| Summary: | While foreign missionary endeavours in Uganda beginning in the late 1870s resulted in massive numbers of conversions during the next several decades,and with the vital assistance of countless indigenous evangelists, the gradual religious metamorphosis of that British colony, there was also significant, if less well documented resistance to the proliferation of Christianity. Part ofthis reaction was intellectual and cultural. Among the most prominent critics of the Christian faith was the eminent literary artist and cultural figure Okot p’Bitek, whose study of African Religions in Western Scholarship formed one crucial part of his defensive response. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/jsr.v21i2.65743 |