TY - BOOK AU - Behrend,Heike TI - Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda, 1985-97 T2 - Eastern African Studies SN - 9780821445709 AV - BL2480.A33B4413 1999 U1 - 299.69761 PY - 2000/// CY - Athens, OH PB - Ohio University Press KW - Auma, Alice KW - Auma, Alice, KW - Acholi (African people) KW - Religion KW - Religion and politics KW - Uganda KW - Spiritualism KW - Acholi (Peuple d'Afrique) KW - Religion et politique KW - Ouganda KW - Spiritisme KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Spirituality KW - Paganism & Neo-Paganism KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - fast KW - Teachings N1 - Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures & Tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Troubles of an Anthropologist; 2. The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi; 3. The Crisis; 4. The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces; 5. The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult; 6. The March on Kampala; 7. The History of Religions in Acholi; 8. Alice & the Spirits; 9. The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement; 10. The War in Acholi, 1987-96; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index N2 - In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the ""Holy Spirit Mobile Forces."" UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1548052 ER -