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Description of  Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885 1960/Religion, colonisation et d colonisation au Congo, 1885 1960 (KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society, 21)

9462701423 pdf Religion in todays Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries, the Marian shrines of the Catholic Church, the Islamic brotherhoods, and the Jewish community of Lubumbashi, to the African churches of the Congolese diaspora in Brussels and Paris, the healers of Kimbanguism, the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, the Orthodox communities of Kasai, and the invisible Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to peoples lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the seemingly smooth facade of missions linked closely to imperial power, also then faith and worship were marked by diversity and dynamism, tying the Congo into broader African and global movements. Read more