Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan: Civil War, Migration, and the Rise of Dinka Anglicanism

by Jesse A Zink and Jesse A. Zink

Amidst a catastrophic civil war that began in 1983 and ended in 2005, many Dinka people in Sudan repudiated their inherited religious beliefs and embraced a vibrant Anglican faith. Christianity and Catastrophe in South Sudan chronicles the emergence of this grassroots religious movement, arguing that Christianity offered the Dinka new resources that allowed them to cope with a rapidly changing world and provided answers to the spiritual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148130822X
• ISBN13: 9781481308229
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 9.5"