Articles by Joanna Quinn

The Thing Behind the Thing: Christian Responses to Traditional Practices of Acknowledgement in Uganda

Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 2010)

Joanna Quinn Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Most Ugandans have a common understanding of traditional systems of conflict resolution and their meanings. If Ugandan Christian leaders bless the modified use of customary practices it may provide helpful mechanisms for reconciliation.

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Beyond Truth Commissions: Indigenous Reconciliation in Uganda

Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 2006)

Joanna Quinn Wednesday, 1 March 2006

Some Western reconciliation mechanisms that have been implemented in non-Western contexts have proven unable to repair society because of their cultural foreignness. [FREE]

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