Contesting Catholics : Benedicto Kiwanuka and the birth of postcolonial Uganda /

"Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive politician, and his legacy is still divisive. On the eve of independence, he led the Democratic Party (DP), a national movement of predomin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Earle, Jonathon L. (Autor), Carney, J. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : James Currey, 2021.
Colección:Religion in transforming Africa.
Temas:
Kiwanuka, Benedicto, > 1922-1972.
Kiwanuka, Benedicto, > 1922-1972
Catholic Church > Uganda.
Catholic Church
1962-1971
Religion & politics.
Colonialism & imperialism.
HISTORY > Africa > East.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Politics and government
Religion
Uganda > History > 1962-1971.
Uganda > Politics and government > 1962-1971.
Uganda > Religion.
Ouganda > Histoire > 1962-1971.
Ouganda > Politique et gouvernement > 1962-1971.
Uganda
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Assassinated by Idi Amin and a democratic ally of J.F. Kennedy during the Cold War, Benedicto Kiwanuka was Uganda's most controversial and disruptive politician, and his legacy is still divisive. On the eve of independence, he led the Democratic Party (DP), a national movement of predominantly Catholic activists, to end political inequalities and religious discrimination. Along the way, he became Uganda's first prime minister and first Ugandan chief justice. Earle and Carney show how Kiwanuka and Catholic activists struggled to create an inclusive vision of the state, a vision that resulted in relentless intimidation and extra-judicial killings. Focusing closely on the competing Catholic projects that circulated throughout Uganda, this book offers new ways of thinking about the history of democratic thought, while pushing the study of Catholicism in Africa outside of the church and beyond the gaze of missionaries. Drawing on never before seen sources from Kiwanuka's personal papers, the authors upend many of the assumptions that have framed Uganda's political and religious history for over sixty years, as well as repositioning Uganda's politics within the global arena."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781787448025
1787448029
9781800100909
1800100906
ISSN:2398-8673

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