Religion in Uganda The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya consists of several different religions Religion (from O.Fr. religion "religious community," from L. religionem "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods," "obligation, the bond between man and the gods" is the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or more in general a set of beliefs explaining the existence of and giving meaning to the universe,. The National Census of October 2002 resulted in the clearest and most detailed information yet gathered on the religious composition of Uganda. Uganda is a very wealthy country which brings different people, this brought marriage and religious changes.

Contents 1 History 2 Indigenous beliefs 3 Secular 4 Mainstream Christianity 5 Christian Sects 6 Islam 7 Judaism 8 Hinduism 9 Bahá'í Faith 10 References 11 See also

History

Muslim Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎ al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] [note 1]) is the monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur’an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of their one, incomparable God (Arabic: الله‎, Allāh), and by the Prophet of Islam Muhammad's teachings and normative example (in Arabic called traders and Christian Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christianity comprises three major branches: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy (which parted ways with Catholicism in 1054 A.D.) and Protestantism (which came into existence during the Protestant Reformation of the 16th missionaries first arrived in the 1860s, attempting to convert the Ugandan king.^{[citation needed]}

Indigenous beliefs

Only 1% of Uganda's population follow traditional religions Religion in Africa is multifaceted. Most Africans adhere to either Christianity or Islam. Christianity and Islam contest which is larger, but many people that are adherents of both religions also practice African traditional religions, with traditions of folk religion or syncretism practised alongside an adherent's Christianity or Islam. More than 50% of Uganda is Christian.

Secular

Currently small in number.

Mainstream Christianity

Main articles: Roman Catholicism in Uganda, Church of Uganda The Church of the Province of Uganda is a member church of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are thirty-one dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each one headed by a Bishop, and Orthodox Christianity in Uganda

According to the National Census of October 2002, Christians of all denominations made up 85.1% of Uganda's population.^[1] The Catholic Church has the largest number of adherents (41.9% of the total population), followed by the Anglican Church of Uganda, a part of the worldwide Anglican communion (35.9%). There are numerous Pentecostal churches (4.6%), while 1.0% were grouped under the category "Other Christians".^[1]

Christian Sects

Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism; they report convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual Memorial attendance of over 18 million. They are have a significant presence in Uganda and are working in a total of ten languages, including Swahili Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands. Although only 5-10 million people speak it as their native language, Swahili is a national, or official language, of four nations, namely Tanzania, and Luganda Luganda , sometimes known as Ganda, is a major language of Uganda, spoken by over ten million people mainly in Southern Uganda which includes the Ugandan capital Kampala. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Typologically, it is a highly agglutinating language with subject-verb-object word order and nominative-. Followers of William M. Branham and Branhamism number in the tens of thousands, thanks in large part to translation and distribution efforts by Voice of God Recordings^[2].

Mormonism Mormonism comprises the religious, institutional, and cultural elements of the most populous branch of the Latter Day Saint movement. This movement was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., in the 1830s and 1840s, and Mormonism represents the branch of that movement led by Brigham Young after Smith's death. This was sometimes called the "Brighamite& has grown slowly in Uganda. The first Ugandan to join the church was Charles Osinde, who was baptized in Scotland and returned to his homeland. The first small congregation was organized in Kampala, and by the beginning of 2010 the church had 7,000 members. The LDS Church has assisted in humanitarian efforts in Uganda for victims of fighting between political factions. The first LDS chapel was built in Kololo, and the first stake was organized in January 2010.^[3] The church's missionary efforts are based in Nakawa.

The New Apostolic Church and Seventh-Day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ. It is the twelfth-largest religious body in the world. The denomination grew out of the Millerite both have substantial followings.^{[citation needed]}

Islam

Main article: Islam in Uganda Kibuli mosque in Kampala, Uganda

According to the National Census 2002 12.1% of Ugandans adhere to Islam.^[1] While Muslims today appear to be experiencing some degree of discrimination, they were in the seventies the most favoured group under the rule of President Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada was the military dictator and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army prior to taking power in a military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself, himself a Muslim, under whose government the number of Muslims had significantly grown.^{[citation needed]}

Judaism

Main article: Judaism in Uganda

Judaism Judaism is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people. Judaism, originating in the Hebrew Bible and explored in later texts such as the Talmud, is considered by Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the Children of Israel. According to traditional Rabbinic Judaism, God revealed is also practiced in Uganda by a small number of native Ugandans known to most people as the Abayudaya The Abayudaya are a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. Although they are not genetically or historically related to other ethnic Jews, they are devout in their practice of the religion, keeping their version of kashruth, and observing Shabbat. There are several different villages where the Ugandan Jews. However, due to their small population size, estimated as of 2009 at 1,100, many Ugandans are not aware of this Jewish presence. Initially numbering as many as 3,000 individuals, the community drastically shrunk in size to 300 when Idi Amin came to power and outlawed Judaism, destroying all the synagogues in the country. Since then, the community has established links to Jews worldwide and has grown in size and strength. They operate several schools which enroll Muslim, Jewish and Christian students.^{[citation needed]}

Besides the Abayudaya there are an estimated 100 (un-organized) expatriate Jews of Israeli, South African and American origin residing in Uganda, mainly in Kampala.

Hinduism

Main article: Hinduism in Uganda

Only 0.7% of Uganda's population are classified as 'Other Non-Christians,' including Hindus A Hindu ( pronunciation , Devanagari: हिन्दु) is an adherent of Hinduism, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The vast body of Hindu scriptures, divided into Śruti ("revealed") and Smriti ("remembered"), lay the foundation of Hindu beliefs, which.

Bahá'í Faith

Main article: Bahá'í Faith in Uganda Bahá'í House of Worship, Kampala, Uganda

The Bahá'í Faith in Uganda started to grow in 1951 and in four years time there were 500 Bahá'ís in 80 localities, including 13 Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies Spiritual Assembly is a term given by `Abdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Bahá'í Faith. Because the Bahá'í Faith has no clergy, they carried out some of the responsibilities of clergy, as well as some responsibilities that an elected Board of Deacons or Parish Council of a Christian church might perform. In addition to, representing 30 tribes, and had dispatched 9 pioneers to other African locations.^[4] Following the reign of Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada was the military dictator and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army prior to taking power in a military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself when the Bahá'í Faith was banned and the murder of Bahá'í Hand of the Cause Enoch Olinga and his family,^[5] the community continues to grow though estimates of the population range widely from 19,000 to 105,000 and the community's involvements have included diverse efforts to promote the welfare of the Ugandan people. One of only seven Bahá'í Houses of Worship, known as Mother Temple of Africa, is located on the outskirts of Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census - Main Report" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/2002%20Census%20Final%20Reportdoc.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
2. ^ http://branham.org/offices/20090715_AHistoryOnUganda
3. ^ Martinich, Matt (2010-01-18). "First Stake Created in Uganda". http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-stake-created-in-uganda.html. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
4. ^ Hassall, Graham (2003-08-26). "References to Africa in the Bahá'í Writings". Asian/Pacific Collection. Asia Pacific Bahá'í Studies. http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=hassall_africa_bahai_writings&language=. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
5. ^ Francis, N. Richard (1998), "Enoch Olinga -Hand of the Cause of God, Father of Victories", Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada, http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=francis_olinga_biography

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See also

• Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God was a breakaway cult from the Roman Catholic Church founded by Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere and Bee Tait in Uganda. It was formed in the late 1980s after Mwerinde, a brewer of banana beer, and Kibweteere, a politician, claimed that they had visions of the Virgin Mary. The
• Holy Spirit Movement
• Church of Uganda The Church of the Province of Uganda is a member church of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are thirty-one dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each one headed by a Bishop
• Jews and Judaism in Africa

Uganda The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya topics Communications · Economy Endowed with significant natural resources, including ample fertile land, regular rainfall, and mineral deposits, it is thought that Uganda could feed the whole of Africa if it was commercially farmed. The economy of Uganda has great potential, and it appeared poised for rapid economic growth and development. However, chronic political instability · History The earliest human inhabitants in a contemporary Uganda were hunter-gathers. Remnants of these people are today to be found among the pygmies in western Uganda. Between approximately 2000 to 1500 years ago, Bantu speaking populations from central and western Africa migrated and occupied most of the southern parts of the country. The migrants · Government · Military · Transport The Lagos-Mombasa Highway, part of the Trans-African Highway network and aiming to link East Africa and West Africa, passes through Uganda. This is complete only eastwards from the Uganda–DR Congo border to Mombasa, linking the African Great Lakes region to the sea. It is commonly called the 'Trans-Africa Highway' in Uganda but cannot be used to Culture and religion Cricket · Demographics · Education The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education , and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. The present system has existed since the early 1960s · Football · Healthcare · Languages Uganda is a multilingual country. Forty of its living indigenous languages fall into three main families - Bantu, Nilotic, and Sudanic - with another 2 languages in the Kuliak family. English, inherited from the colonial period, and Swahili, which is regionally important, are official languages. There is also an Ugandan Sign Language · LGBT rights · Media · Music · National theatre · Newspapers · Rugby · Wildlife · Roman Catholicism · Church of Uganda The Church of the Province of Uganda is a member church of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are thirty-one dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each one headed by a Bishop · Islam · Judaism The Abayudaya are a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. Although they are not genetically or historically related to other ethnic Jews, they are devout in their practice of the religion, keeping their version of kashruth, and observing Shabbat. There are several different villages where the Ugandan Jews · Hinduism · Orthodox Christianity Geography Cities and towns · Districts · Counties · Sub-counties · National parks · Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District · Gulu Gulu is a city in northern Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The city is located at 2˚46'48N 32˚18'00E, on the metre gauge railway from Tororo to Pakwach. Gulu is located approximately 200 miles , by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town is served by Gulu Airport · Lake Victoria Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named after the United Kingdom's Queen Victoria, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to see the lake · Lake Albert · Mount Elgon Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale Politics Political parties · Human rights · Terrorism · Foreign relations · Presidents (Edward Mutesa II Major General Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II KBE , was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from November 22, 1939 until his death. He was the thirty fifth (35th) Kabaka of Buganda · Milton Obote Apolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the British colonial administration in 1962. He ruled by harassing, terrorizing, and torturing opponents. Obote also started ethnic persecution. During · Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada was the military dictator and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army prior to taking power in a military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself · Yusufu Lule · Godfrey Binaisa · Paulo Muwanga · Bazilio Olara-Okello · Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ( pronunciation ) (born c. 1944) is a Ugandan politician who has been President of Uganda since 26 January 1986) Economy and infrastructure Agriculture Uganda's favorable soil conditions and climate have contributed to the country's agricultural success. Most areas of Uganda have usually received plenty of rain. In some years, small areas of the southeast and southwest have averaged more than 150 millimeters per month. In the north, there is often a short dry season in December and January · Central bank The Bank of Uganda is the Central Bank of the Republic of Uganda. Established in 1966, by Act of Parliament, BOU is 100% owned by the Government of Uganda, but is not a government department · Economy of Uganda Endowed with significant natural resources, including ample fertile land, regular rainfall, and mineral deposits, it is thought that Uganda could feed the whole of Africa if it was commercially farmed. The economy of Uganda has great potential, and it appeared poised for rapid economic growth and development. However, chronic political instability · Energy · Fisheries Lakes, rivers, and swamps cover 44,000 square kilometers, about 20 percent of Uganda's land surface. Fishing is an important economic activity in Uganda · Forestry · Manufacturing · Ministry of Finance · Transport The Lagos-Mombasa Highway, part of the Trans-African Highway network and aiming to link East Africa and West Africa, passes through Uganda. This is complete only eastwards from the Uganda–DR Congo border to Mombasa, linking the African Great Lakes region to the sea. It is commonly called the 'Trans-Africa Highway' in Uganda but cannot be used to · Uganda Securities Exchange · Uganda shilling The Shilling is the currency of Uganda. Technically, the shilling is subdivided into 100 cents but no subdivisions have been issued since the revaluation of the shilling in 1987 · Water supply · Entebbe Airport · Uganda Railways Corporation

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