Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revival : a history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972 /
Peterson, Derek R., 1971-
Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revival : a history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972 / Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource - African studies series ; 122 . - African studies series ; 122. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: the pilgrims' politics -- 2. The infrastructure of cosmopolitanism -- 3. Religious movements in southern Uganda -- 4. Civil society in Buganda -- 5. Taking stock: conversion and accountancy in Bugufi -- 6. Patriotism and dissent in western Kenya -- 7. The culiral work of moral reform in northwestern Tanganyika -- 8. Conversion and court procedure -- 9. The politics of autobiography in central Kenya -- 10. Confession, slander, and civic virtue in Mau Mau detention camps -- 11. Contests of time in western Uganda -- 12. Conclusion: pilgrims and patriots in contemporary east Africa.
"This book focuses on the struggle between cosmopolitan Christian converts and east African patriots to define culture and community in the mid-twentieth century"-- "Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival shows how, in the era of African political independence, cosmopolitan Christian converts struggled with east Africa's patriots over the definition of culture and community. The book traces the history of the East African Revival, an evangelical movement that spread through much of eastern and central Africa. Its converts offered a subversive reading of culture, disavowing their compatriots and disregarding their obligations to kin. They earned the ire of east Africa's patriots, who worked to root people in place as inheritors of ancestral wisdom. This book casts religious conversion in a new light: not as an inward reorientation of belief, but as a political action that opened up novel paths of self-narration and unsettled the inventions of tradition"--
9781139569163 (electronic bk.) 1139569163 (electronic bk.) 9781139108614 (electronic bk.) 1139108611 (electronic bk.) 9781139572729 1139572725
GBB257132 bnb
016102985 Uk
1900-1999
Christianity and politics--History--Africa, East--20th century.
East Africa Revival--History.
Conversion--Christianity.
Christianity and culture--Africa, East.
Réveil est-africain--Histoire.
Conversion--Christianisme.
HISTORY--General.--Africa
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Conversion--Christianity.
East Africa Revival.
Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
Nationalismus
Religion
Erweckungsbewegung
Evangelikale Bewegung
Kristendom och politik--historia.
Konversion till kristendom.
Kristendom och kultur.
Africa, East--Church history--20th century.
Africa, East.
Ostafrika
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
BR115.P7 / P445 2012eb
305.6/7676082
Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revival : a history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972 / Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource - African studies series ; 122 . - African studies series ; 122. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: the pilgrims' politics -- 2. The infrastructure of cosmopolitanism -- 3. Religious movements in southern Uganda -- 4. Civil society in Buganda -- 5. Taking stock: conversion and accountancy in Bugufi -- 6. Patriotism and dissent in western Kenya -- 7. The culiral work of moral reform in northwestern Tanganyika -- 8. Conversion and court procedure -- 9. The politics of autobiography in central Kenya -- 10. Confession, slander, and civic virtue in Mau Mau detention camps -- 11. Contests of time in western Uganda -- 12. Conclusion: pilgrims and patriots in contemporary east Africa.
"This book focuses on the struggle between cosmopolitan Christian converts and east African patriots to define culture and community in the mid-twentieth century"-- "Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival shows how, in the era of African political independence, cosmopolitan Christian converts struggled with east Africa's patriots over the definition of culture and community. The book traces the history of the East African Revival, an evangelical movement that spread through much of eastern and central Africa. Its converts offered a subversive reading of culture, disavowing their compatriots and disregarding their obligations to kin. They earned the ire of east Africa's patriots, who worked to root people in place as inheritors of ancestral wisdom. This book casts religious conversion in a new light: not as an inward reorientation of belief, but as a political action that opened up novel paths of self-narration and unsettled the inventions of tradition"--
9781139569163 (electronic bk.) 1139569163 (electronic bk.) 9781139108614 (electronic bk.) 1139108611 (electronic bk.) 9781139572729 1139572725
GBB257132 bnb
016102985 Uk
1900-1999
Christianity and politics--History--Africa, East--20th century.
East Africa Revival--History.
Conversion--Christianity.
Christianity and culture--Africa, East.
Réveil est-africain--Histoire.
Conversion--Christianisme.
HISTORY--General.--Africa
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and politics.
Conversion--Christianity.
East Africa Revival.
Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
Nationalismus
Religion
Erweckungsbewegung
Evangelikale Bewegung
Kristendom och politik--historia.
Konversion till kristendom.
Kristendom och kultur.
Africa, East--Church history--20th century.
Africa, East.
Ostafrika
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
BR115.P7 / P445 2012eb
305.6/7676082