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Kony as Moses: Old Testament Texts and Motifs in the Early Years of the Lord's Resistance Army, Uganda

Kony as Moses: Old Testament Texts and Motifs in the Early Years of the Lord's Resistance Army, Uganda

Nkabala, Helen Nambalirwa
Holter, Knut

Hardcover

Series: Bible and Theology in Africa, Book 31

Religion General JudaismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 143318429X
ISBN13: 9781433184291
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: May 31 2021
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book discusses the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) use of Old Testament texts and motifs in their rhetoric to mobilise and sustain the rebellion in Northern Uganda, specifically in Gulu district, the area that has been particularly affected by the LRA's actions throughout more than two decades. This book also delves into the much-ignored religious dimension of studies on the LRA, which forms the core of the LRA's ideology. The LRA uses biblical motifs to legitimize its ideology and practice and this is the first study which goes into a detailed empirical and hermeneutical analysis of the same. More importantly, this book proposes an ethical gender-sensitive model for reading and interpreting the Bible. The book can be used by students of political science, anthropology, religious studies, contemporary religions and new religious movements as well as by biblicists, theologians and general readers whose interests lie in understanding how issues have evolved.

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