Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan
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Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan

Civil War, Migration, and the Rise of Dinka Anglicanism

  1. 285 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan

Civil War, Migration, and the Rise of Dinka Anglicanism

About this book

Amidst a catastrophic civil war that began in 1983 and ended in 2005, many Dinka people in Sudan repudiated their inherited religious beliefs and embraced a vibrant Anglican faith. Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan chronicles the emergence of this grassroots religious movement, arguing that Christianity offered the Dinka new resources that allowed them to cope with a rapidly changing world and provided answers to the spiritual questions that war raised.

Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan is rooted in extensive fieldwork in South Sudan, complemented by research in the archives of South Sudanese churches and international humanitarian organizations. The result is a detailed profile of what Christianity means to a society in the middle of intense crisis and trauma, with a particular focus on the roles of young people and women, and the ways in which the arrival of a new faith transformed existing religious traditions.

Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan stakes out a new field of inquiry in African Christianity. Jesse Zink has written a must-read for all interested in the ongoing crises in Africa and, in particular, the vexed relationship between violence and religion.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page, About the Series, Title Page, Copyright, Foreword, Dedication, Maps
  3. Contents
  4. Dinka Orthography, Names, and Vocabulary
  5. Abbreviations
  6. List of Images and Maps
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction: Religion and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa
  9. Chapter 1. Religious Encounter in the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
  10. Chapter 2. A Scattered Church: Independence, Civil War, and Migration
  11. Chapter 3. Like a Rain Which Comes Suddenly: Grassroots Religious Change in Sudan’s “Liberated Areas”
  12. Chapter 4. Lost Boys, Found Church: Displacement and Conversion in Ethiopia and Kenya
  13. Chapter 5. Singing through Civil War: Women’s Leadership and Theological Reflection in a Growing Church
  14. Chapter 6. Prophets of Judgment and Change: Isaiah, Archibald Shaw, and the Evolution of Nilotic Prophecy
  15. Chapter 7. Prophet and Place: Continuity and Change in Dinka Anglicanism
  16. Conclusion: Christianity and Catastrophe
  17. Appendix: A Note on Methodology and Sources
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index