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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Main Author: Hale, F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA 2008
In: Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 21, Issue: 2
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