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The ecumenicity of Ugandan martyrologic events
ID Duke, Emmanuel Orok (Author), ID Osim, Stella E. (Author)

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Abstract
When people are united in their suffering for a common cause, that which binds them together is always stronger than their differences. The bond is even sturdier when religious motives define their common convictions. For this reason, during martyrdom, those who are persecuted create peculiar religious identity through their common belief in God. This identity generates a socializing bond which makes them resolute in their united witness to the subject of their faith. This was the case with the nineteenthcentury Ugandan martyrs who died during the reign of the morally debased King Kabaka Mwanga. The novelty of this work consists in accentuating the ecumenicity of the Ugandan martyrdom that came into prominence, inter alia, through the Roman Catholic processes of canonization. It is so because there is no research work that has highlighted the fact that Anglicans and Lutherans were equally put to death in their defence of the Christian beliefs and morality alongside the Roman Catholics. For this reason, this work underlines how an inclusive narrative of the East-African Christian witness to the truth of the gospel brings out the ecumenicity of the Ugandan martyrologic events. Theoretical frameworks of deterrence and group memory were used in the understanding martyrdom and common witnessing in Uganda. In their united witnessing to the Christian faith, the Ugandan martyrs overcame the shackles of denominational divide that could have weakened their common resolve to stand for Christ. Therefore, Christians in contemporary African continent are called to re-receive the spirit of united witnessing to Christ as exhibited by the Ugandan martyrs since this will go a long way to: healing the wounds caused by denominational rivalry, controlling the tendency of tearing one another apart because of ethnic interests, sustaining common witness to truth and justice, encouraging all those suffering for their belief in Christ (no matter their denominational rootedness) to stand firm, and strengthening the spiritual bond that connects together all believers in Christ.

Language:English
Keywords:martyrdom, Uganda, Cristian witness, deterrence and ecumenicity
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:TEOF - Theological Faculty
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2020
Year:2020
Number of pages:Str. 803-813
Numbering:Letn. 80, [št.] 4
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-163736 This link opens in a new window
UDC:27-34(676.1)
ISSN on article:0006-5722
DOI:10.34291/BV2020/04/Duke This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:44828931 This link opens in a new window
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Title:Bogoslovni vestnik
Shortened title:Bogosl. vestn.
Publisher:Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
ISSN:0006-5722
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Ekumenska razsežnost ugandskih mučencev in z njimi povezanih dogodkov
Abstract:
Ko ljudi povezuje trpljenje za skupni cilj, ki vzdržuje njihove medsebojne vezi, je takšno trpljenje vselej močnejše od njihovih medsebojnih razlik. Povezanost je toliko trdnejša, kadar njihova skupna prepričanja opredeljujejo verski razlogi. Na tej podlagi mučenci, ki jih preganjajo zaradi vere, oblikujejo posebno versko istovetnost preko skupne vere v Boga. Takšna istovetnost poraja družbeno vez, ki jim podeljuje odločnost v njihovem združenem pričevanju o verskih zadevah. To se je odražalo v primeru ugandskih mučencev iz 19. stoletja, ki so umrli v času moralno izprijenega kralja po imenu Kabaka Mwanga. Novost pričujočega dela je v poudarjanju ekumenske razsežnosti ugandskega mučeništva, ki jo je med drugim izpostavil katoliški proces kanonizacije omenjenih mučencev. Doslej ni bilo izdano nobeno raziskovalno delo, ki bi osvetlilo dejstvo, da so bili zaradi obrambe krščanske vere in morale poleg katoličanov umorjeni tudi anglikanci in luterani. Prav zato pričujoče delo poudarja, kako vključujoča pripoved o krščanskem pričevanju vzhodnoafriških kristjanov v prid resnici evangelija odraža ekumensko razsežnost z njimi povezanih dogodkov. Za razumevanje mučeništva in skupnega pričevanja v Ugandi sta bila pritegnjena teoretična okvira odvračanja od nasilja in skupinskega (kolektivnega) spomina. V njihovem združenem pričevanju za krščansko vero so ugandski mučenci premagali zidove ločevanja med posameznimi ločinami, ki bi lahko oslabili njihovo skupno odločitev, da se izpostavijo za Kristusa. Od tod sledi, da so kristjani na sodobni afriški celini poklicani k ponovnemu sprejetju duha združenega pričevanja za Kristusa, kakor so ga dosegli ugandski mučenci. To ima dolgoročne posledice: celiti rane, ki jih je povzročilo tekmovanje med ločinami, blažiti težnjo k izključevanju drugih zaradi etničnih interesov, gojiti skupno pričevanje za resnico in pravičnost, spodbujati vse trpeče k veri v Kristusa (ne glede na njihovo pripadnost tej ali oni ločini) in krepiti duhovno vez, ki združuje vse verujoče v Kristusa.

Keywords:krščanstvo, ekumenizem, mučenci, Uganda

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