In standard postcolonial political polemics in Uganda, colonial Anglican and Catholic churches have been castigated for fomenting and exacerbating Uganda's political divisions. These polemics overlook the growing ecumenical ties between Catholic and Anglican leaders that began in the 1950s and continued well into the 1980s. In particular, the shared experience of political oppression forged solidarity between erstwhile Catholic and Anglican rivals, especially during the Idi Amin dictatorship of 1971–1979 and the brutal civil war of 1979–1986. Drawing on an array of archival, oral, and secondary sources, this article offers a synthesis of Ugandan Christian leaders’ political engagement during the quarter-century following independence in 1962. I argue that church leaders in the 1960s embraced a politically quiescent, “social development” approach best embodied in the ecumenical Uganda Joint Christian Council. In the early 1970s, Anglican and Catholic leaders slowly withdrew from active collaboration with Amin's regime, embracing an approach I term “prudent recalcitrance,” entailing shifting stances of official silence, private lobbying, and carefully crafted written critiques. Finally, during the political unrest and civil war of the early 1980s, church leaders adopted a posture of “prophetic presence,” standing for and with the people in opposition to Milton Obote's increasingly violent state.

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乌干达普世主义政治，1962-1986

在乌干达的标准后殖民政治论战中，殖民地圣公会和天主教会因煽动和加剧乌干达的政治分歧而受到谴责。这些论战忽视了从 1950 年代开始并持续到 1980 年代的天主教和圣公会领导人之间日益增长的普世关系。特别是，政治压迫的共同经历在昔日的天主教和圣公会竞争对手之间建立了团结，尤其是在 1971-1979 年的伊迪·阿明独裁统治和 1979-1986 年的残酷内战期间。本文利用一系列档案、口头和二手资料，提供了乌干达基督教领袖在 1962 年独立后 25 年的政治参与的综合。我认为 1960 年代的教会领袖在政治上处于静止状态，“社会发展”方法最能体现在普世的乌干达基督教联合委员会中。在 1970 年代初期，英国国教和天主教领袖逐渐退出与阿明政权的积极合作，采用我称之为“谨慎反抗”的方法，包括转变官方沉默、私人游说和精心撰写的书面批评的立场。最后，在 1980 年代初期的政治动荡和内战期间，教会领袖采取了“预言性存在”的姿态，支持并与人民一起反对米尔顿·奥博特日益暴力的国家。” 意味着官方保持沉默、私人游说和精心设计的书面批评的转变立场。最后，在 1980 年代初期的政治动荡和内战期间，教会领袖采取了“预言性存在”的姿态，支持并与人民一起反对米尔顿·奥博特日益暴力的国家。” 意味着官方保持沉默、私人游说和精心设计的书面批评的转变立场。最后，在 1980 年代初期的政治动荡和内战期间，教会领袖采取了“预言性存在”的姿态，支持并与人民一起反对米尔顿·奥博特日益暴力的国家。