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Katongole, Emmanuel, 1960-

Who are my people? : love, violence, and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa / Emmanuel Katongole. - Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. - xi, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm. - Contending modernities . - Contending modernities. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.

Part I. Who are my people?: philosophical and theological reflections. On being an African -- On being an African Christian: the journey of Christian identity -- Part II. Love's invention in the midst of Africa's violent modernity. Ethnic violence and the reinvention of identity -- Religious violence and the reinvention of politics -- Ecological violence and the reinvention of land -- Conclusion: The logic of the cross -- Afterword: A new we: on being some kind of Catholic: a sermon.

ISBN: 0268202567 (hardback) 9780268202569 (hardback) 9780268202576 (paperback) 9780268202583 (pdf) 9780268202552 (epub)

LCCN: 2021948631

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC285241 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020585028 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Christianity and culture--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Ethnic conflict--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.--Africa, Sub-Saharan

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion.

LC Class. No.: BT736.15 / .K38 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 276.7