التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN 1990-1993 AMONG THE RWA: SECESSION IN A LUTHERAN DIOCESE IN NORTHERN TANZANIA. |
| المؤلفون: |
BARDIN, CATHERINE1 |
| المصدر: |
African Affairs. Oct96, Vol. 95 Issue 381, p529-554. 26p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*MERU (African people), *LUTHERAN Church, *CHAGA (African people), *CHURCH property, *RELIGION, TANZANIAN politics & government |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
TANZANIA |
| مستخلص: |
The article discusses religious conflict among the Rwa (or Meru) people of northern Tanzania that was characterized by the efforts of some Rwa to secede from the Tanzanian Lutheran Church in the early 1990s. The author begins by explaining the socialist Tanzanian government's role in the conflict, with focus given to its promotion of religious tolerance, and goes on to trace the history of the Lutheran Church in Tanzania, beginning with the arrival of a mission in 1892. The origins of the conflict are traced to a lack of equality between the Rwa and Chaga peoples within the Church, the election of church officials, and the ownership of church property. The Church's criticism of the Rwa for their alleged alcohol consumption and polygamy is also detailed. |
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