{"product_id":"stories-of-change-religious-leaders-and-lgbtiq-inclusion-in-east-africa-hardcover","title":"Stories of Change: Religious Leaders and LGBTIQ Inclusion in East Africa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Kuria Mbote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamaris Parsitau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Bompani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on in-depth interviews with over twenty inspirational Kenyan and Ugandan Christian and Muslim leaders actively involved in struggles for LGBTIQ rights, this open access book shows how religious leaders in East African countries can be agents of progressive social change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough a community-based approach of life-story methodology, a team of field-leading scholars and practitioners from Kenya and the UK draws out crucial, critical insights into the personal, theological and social sacrifices and challenges that these religious leaders face in everyday realities dominated by conservative religious interpretations and theologies. In so doing, they also identify common strategies religious leaders develop to respond to these challenges while keeping true to their mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Kuria Mbote \u003c\/b\u003eis Executive Director of the Kuria Foundation for Social Enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as a leader of the Kenyan gender and sexual minority rights movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamaris Parsitau \u003c\/b\u003eis a scholar of religion currently serving as Director of the British Institute for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.She also serves as President of the African Association for the Study of Religions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Bompani \u003c\/b\u003eis a Reader in Africa and International Development at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eChristian Citizens and the Moral Regeneration of the African State \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriaan van Klinken \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds, where he serves as Director of the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and as Director of the Centre for Religion and Public Life. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism and Arts of Resistance in Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(201\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685741596735,"sku":"9781350415997","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8529a488731d81be87b4637dfb21b895.webp?v=1764972217","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/stories-of-change-religious-leaders-and-lgbtiq-inclusion-in-east-africa-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}