Except You Be Born of Water and the Spirit, You Cannot Enter into the Kingdom”
The Social Meaning of Baptism in Toro, Uganda 1890–1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12958281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Wild-Wood (0000-0002-6707-8510, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 179-200 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences and Missions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-8945 • E-ISSN: 1874-8937 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18748945-bja10065 |
| OpenAlex | W4366768415 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The role of rituals as forces for social change in Christian mission history can be over looked particularly where the rituals are adopted from a Protestant church. Through the examination of the performance – setting, characters, script and sounds – of an early Anglican baptism in Toro, Western Uganda, this article illustrates how this ritual was used to enact and affect the values and objectives of a new society in its immediate context and in transnational frame of reference. The article argues for renewed historical attention to rituals as embodiments of change
Affect (linguistics · Archaeology · Baptism · Context (archaeology · History of religions · Kingdom · Political science · Protestantism · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · History · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |