The Dilemma Of Syncretism in The Church Of Uganda Christian Faith Development from 1877 to 2019

Alex K. Arinaitwe
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The Anglican Church of Uganda has been impacted by the increased syncretism brought on by the continuance of African Traditional Practices (ATPs) by her faithful members today. Its against this context that this study set out to perform a thorough analysis of secondary data to investigate why syncretism has persisted in the Church of Uganda despite the large proportion of Christian identities present in the organization today. The main objective of the study was to find out why although Christianity has been present in Uganda for a long time ATPs have continued to co-exist in Christian practices, posing a barrier to the growth of the Anglican Church of Uganda's faith. The study was guided by qualitative research methodology that involved a review of secondary literature of textbooks and journal articles on the research problem. The findings were that the overall uneasiness within the Christian community led to animosity and hatred that drove Christians to witchcraft tendencies, was one of the factors contributing to the continuance of ATR practices by Christians. It was further established in the review of literature that existing studies have not taken keen interest to identify ATR values that align with or complement Christian values which could be a major source of the problem. It is recommended that the Church should research non-conflicting values from ATR that could be incorporated into Christianity to avoid overlaps. The church should further open more spaces for dialogue with lead spiritual figures of ATR to strike a win-win outcome.
1877年至2019年乌干达教会基督教信仰发展中的融合困境
乌干达圣公会一直受到其忠实成员继续非洲传统习俗(atp)所带来的日益增加的融合的影响。正是在这种背景下,本研究开始对二手数据进行彻底的分析,以调查为什么尽管今天该组织中存在很大比例的基督徒身份,但融合主义仍然存在于乌干达教会中。这项研究的主要目的是找出为什么尽管基督教在乌干达已经存在了很长时间,但atp仍然在基督教实践中共存,这对乌干达圣公会的信仰增长构成了障碍。本研究以质性研究方法为指导,包括对有关研究问题的教科书和期刊文章的二手文献进行回顾。调查结果显示,基督教社区内的整体不安导致了敌意和仇恨,这促使基督徒倾向于巫术,这是基督徒继续进行ATR实践的因素之一。在文献回顾中进一步确定,现有的研究没有对确定与基督教价值观一致或补充基督教价值观的ATR价值观产生浓厚的兴趣,这可能是问题的主要来源。建议教会研究可以纳入基督教的ATR中不冲突的价值观,以避免重叠。教会应进一步开放与ATR主要属灵人士的对话空间,达成双赢。
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