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Beschreibung
Richard Vokes examines the Kanungu fire of March 2000, when several hundred members of a Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC) burnt to death in Southwestern Uganda. His research reveals the history of this sect, the colonial history of the region, the current AIDS epidemic and the effects of globalization in the Great Lakes region.
Richard Vokes examines the Kanungu fire of March 2000, when several hundred members of a Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC) burnt to death in Southwestern Uganda. His research reveals the history of this sect, the colonial history of the region, the current AIDS epidemic and the effects of globalization in the Great Lakes region.
Über den Autor
Richard Vokes
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue: The End as a Beginning
Introduction
On Fertility & Misfortune
The Many Lives of the Nyabingi Spirit
Genesis: Building the Network
Numbers: Religion in the Time of AIDS
Chronicles: The History of an African-Initiated Church
Revelation: The Last Days of the MRTC
Epilogue
Appendix: Marian Literature Used by the MRTC
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781847010728
ISBN-10: 1847010725
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vokes, Richard
Hersteller: James Currey
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Richard Vokes
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,398 kg
Artikel-ID: 106022216