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245 10 a| Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revivalh| [electronic resource] :b| a history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972 /c| Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.;

260 a| Cambridge :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2012.;

300 a| xx, 344 pages :b| illustrations, map ;c| 24 cm.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-334) and index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 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 politics of moral reform in northwestern Tanganyika; 8. Subjects of the law: conversion and court procedure; 9. Casting characters: autobiography and political argument in central Kenya; 10. Confession, slander, and civic virtue in Mau Mau detention camps; 11. Contests of time in western Uganda; Conclusion: pilgrims and patriots in contemporary east Africa; Bibliography.;

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Ethnic patriotism and the East African Revival a history of dissent, c. 1935 to 1972 / Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Author/creator	Peterson, Derek R., 1971-
Other author	American Council of Learned Societies.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description	xx, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subjects	Christianity and politics--Africa, East. --History. --20th century. East Africa Revival--History. Conversion--Christianity. Christianity and culture--Africa, East. Africa, East--Church history. --20th century.

Series	African studies series ; 122
Contents	Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 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 politics of moral reform in northwestern Tanganyika; 8. Subjects of the law: conversion and court procedure; 9. Casting characters: autobiography and political argument in central Kenya; 10. Confession, slander, and civic virtue in Mau Mau detention camps; 11. Contests of time in western Uganda; Conclusion: pilgrims and patriots in contemporary east Africa; Bibliography.
Abstract	"This book focuses on the struggle between cosmopolitan Christian converts and east African patriots to define culture and community in the mid-twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-334) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012012618
ISBN	9781107021167

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