{"product_id":"stories-of-change-religious-leaders-and-lgbtiq-inclusion-in-east-africa-9781350415997","title":"Stories of Change: Religious Leaders and LGBTIQ Inclusion in East Africa","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Kuria Mbote\u003c\/b\u003e is a community activist and a leader of the Kenyan gender and sexual minority rights movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Bompani\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Africa and International Development at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. 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\u003e is Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism and Arts of Resistance in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamaris Parsitau\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of religion and a former Director of the British Institute for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. She currently serves as President of the African Association for the Study of Religions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928940613906,"sku":"9781350415997","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c7bf245-4d78-4426-96a7-e0b73b20d2ff.jpg?v=1739024057","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stories-of-change-religious-leaders-and-lgbtiq-inclusion-in-east-africa-9781350415997","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}