Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits
Behrend, Heike.
Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits War in Northern Uganda, 1985-97. [electronic resource] : - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (225 p.) - Eastern African Studies . - Eastern African studies. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures & Tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Troubles of an Anthropologist; 2. The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi; 3. The Crisis; 4. The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces; 5. The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult; 6. The March on Kampala; 7. The History of Religions in Acholi; 8. Alice & the Spirits; 9. The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement; 10. The War in Acholi, 1987-96; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the ""Holy Spirit Mobile Forces.""
9780821445709 0821445707
Auma, Alice--Teachings.
Spiritualism - Uganda.
Acholi (African people)--Religion.
Religion and politics--Uganda.
Spiritualism--Uganda.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BL2480.A33B4413 1999
299.69761
Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits War in Northern Uganda, 1985-97. [electronic resource] : - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (225 p.) - Eastern African Studies . - Eastern African studies. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures & Tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Troubles of an Anthropologist; 2. The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi; 3. The Crisis; 4. The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces; 5. The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult; 6. The March on Kampala; 7. The History of Religions in Acholi; 8. Alice & the Spirits; 9. The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement; 10. The War in Acholi, 1987-96; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the ""Holy Spirit Mobile Forces.""
9780821445709 0821445707
Auma, Alice--Teachings.
Spiritualism - Uganda.
Acholi (African people)--Religion.
Religion and politics--Uganda.
Spiritualism--Uganda.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BL2480.A33B4413 1999
299.69761
