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Historically, studies of the church in Africa have tended to focus on church history or church-state relations, but in this publication David Zac Niringiye presents a study of the Church of Uganda focused on its ecclesiology. Niringiye examines several formative periods for the Church of Uganda during concurrent chronological political eras characterized by varying degrees of socio-political turbulence, highlighting how the social context impacted the church’s self-expression. The author’s methodology and insight sets this work apart as an excellent reflection on the Ugandan church and brings scholarly attention to previously ignored topics that hold great value to society, the church, and the academic community globally.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	30 avril 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783681365
Langue	English

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David Zac Niringiye’s The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda traces the Anglican Church of Uganda from its origins to the 1990s with a focus on its role in the socio-political life of post-independent Uganda. The study of ecclesiology in an African context has not attracted sufficient scholarship, in comparison to other theological themes related to the church in Africa. In this manuscript, Zac seeks to redress this imbalance by developing an ecclesiological analysis of the Church of Uganda. This book well achieves its objectives and has merits on several levels: First, this is a book written by one of the dynamic bishops with a long experience in church administration. The author has brought to his work not only a critical attitude to the church in Uganda but also an observer’s impression. Second, the detailed select bibliography that includes primary and secondary sources adds to the value of this manuscript as it indicates that the author has made a thorough investigation of the field. Third, this manuscript is well-organized and easy to read. Zac has written one of the most valuable manuscripts which deserve to be read not only by those with an interest in the future of the church in Uganda, but also by anyone concerned with the debate over the modern concept of ecclesiology. I heartily recommend it.
Christopher Byaruhanga
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Greenville College, Illinois, USA,
Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Uganda Christian University
This is a significant book on telling the Christian story. The church exists in the world, shaped by and shaping the world – in this case, the turbulent world of post-colonial Uganda. David Zac Niringiye demonstrates how the Anglican Church in Uganda more often reflected the political and social tensions in the country, while also highlighting when its faith in Christ was manifest. He draws primarily on interviews with Anglican Church leaders who shaped this narrative, creating an immediate and searching account into events and their origins. Each chapter concludes with a probing theological reflection on the Anglican Church’s complex testimony to Christ in the midst of the historical period described. The book is essential reading both within and beyond Uganda, as churches in our world continue to wrestle with the nature of Christian faithfulness in the face of political and social turbulence.
Angus Crichton
Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
This is an important contribution to African Christian history. In late Victorian times “the wonderful story of Uganda” (to quote the title of a book which went though many editions) offered an inspiring glimpse of Christian success in Africa with few parallels. Bishop Niringiye traces the subsequent development of the Church in relation to the development of the nation, illustrating the dynamics of a major movement of religious renewal, the East African Revival, in church and society. In particular he explores the life of the Church in the often convulsive events of the three decades following national independence, drawing attention to theological and social implications. For all seriously concerned with African church history, this is essential reading; those concerned to understand more about contemporary world Christianity, and the place of Africa within it, will also gain much from it.
Andrew F. Walls
University of Edinburgh, Liverpool Hope University
and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Ghana
This study by Bishop Zac Niringiye constructs a broad framework for the ecclesiology of the Church of Uganda. As such it is a major resource for all people interested in the history of the church in Uganda. Niringiye’s focus on four motifs – authenticity, identity, sacrament and mystery – that explicate the corporate faith, ministry, mission and presence of the Church in Uganda’s historical-context, are offered as pillars for constructing an African ecclesiology. This may surprise some, but it is a much-needed welcome corrective to certain assumptions. In my opinion, this book is one of the most significant contributions to the literature on Anglican Christianity in Uganda. A must read!
Alfred Olwa
Dean, Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology, Uganda

The Church in the World
A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962–1992
David Zac Niringiye

© 2016 by David Zac Niringiye
Published 2016 by Langham Monographs
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To Theodora, my wife; and Joshua, Grace, and Abigail, our children.
Contents

Cover

Abstract

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

Ecclesiology in Contemporary African and Ugandan Scholarship

The Church in the World: A Methodology

The Gospel, Christian Faith and Community in the Revival

The Church as a Community

Faith and Narrative

Sources and Research Process

Research Limitations

Thesis Development

The World

The Church

Chapter 2 The Emerging Church in an Emerging Uganda, 1875–c1930

The Birth of the Church in Buganda

In the Kabaka’s Court and Capital

The Nascent Church during Mwanga’s Reign

Religious Rivalry

Growth and Expansion

An Enabling Socio-political Climate

Missionary Participation

Indigenous Participation

Vernacularization

Education and Health Services

The Integration of the Church into Society

Nominalism

The Church and Political Institution-Building

Formal Education

Leadership and Ministry Formation

Church Organization

Reflection

Chapter 3 Schism and Revival in the Church, c1910–c1960

Ekibina kya Katonda Omu Ayinza Byona (The Society of the One Almighty God)

Mengo Gospel Church

East African Revival Movement

The Spreading of the Revival

Opposition to the Revival

Characteristic Features of the Revival

Theology

Incorporation of the Revival into the Church

Mukono Crisis

Revival in the Church in Buganda

Revival in the Church in Western Uganda

Schism in the Revival

The Trumpeters

Okuzukuka (Re-awakening)

Reflection

Chapter 4 The Church in the Emerging Republic, 1960–1971

Battle at Mengo and Its Aftermath

The Church and the Battle of Mengo

Roots of the Battle of Mengo

The “Question of Buganda”

The “Question of Buganda” in the Church of Uganda

Erica Sabiti and the Church in Buganda – Namirembe Crisis

Namirembe Diocese and Cathedral

Housing and Land

Constitution Crisis

Resolution of the Namirembe Crisis

Idi Amin: The “Hand of God”?

Reflection

Chapter 5 The Church in the Amin Regime, 1971–1979

The Coup and the Regime

The Rise of the Military and Idi Amin

The Rise of Idi Amin

The Church and the Military

The “Establishment” of Islam