Church – State Relations in Uganda with Special Reference to Administration of Church-Founded Schools and Hospitals

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dc.contributor.authorMutebi, Vincent
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-12T13:31:00Z
dc.date.available2019-03-12T13:31:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractFor any pastoral agent in a foreign country one of the salient issues of concern would be the person’s relationship with the civil authorities and the impact and implications of his or her work in the society. The motivation for this essay arises from two years of pastoral experience in Ethiopia (2009 -2011), from which the writer was captivated by the church-state relations in this country to reflect back on the situation and legal status of the Catholic Church in his home country Uganda. It is interesting to note that in Ethiopia up to the time of this writing, all the required documents such as identity cards and working permits for all foreigners in pastoral activities of the Catholic Church are processed through the ECS. This is the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat, a body that deals with all matters pertaining to the Catholic Church in partnership with respective state offices. A lot of advantages accrue to such a procedure. First among others is the securing of legal documents and acquisition of necessary facilities for apostolate and humanitarian support projects. Second is the exemption from taxes for the use of these facilities so long as they are not for profit. These include both movable assets like vehicles for transport facilitation, and immovable assets especially land for residence and projects such as schools and hospitals. Unfortunately, at all levels; social, political and economic, the Catholic Church is taken as a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO). In the local language of the Borana People it is Dirigitti, which means Association, Company or Organisation. This has a lot of impact on religious missionary presence and work in Ethiopia today. For instance, many of the schools founded and run by the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) could not get any assistance from the government in terms of food and scholarly material such as books, simply because they belong to an organization, which is the Catholic Church in this respect. Relating the above scenario with studies in Church History and the Social teaching of the Church, one can easily establish a chain and flow, a trend of interaction and relation between Church and State. These have at times been close allies in cooperation for the common good and yet at other times so antagonistic. Behind all is a claim for both temporal and spiritual power on the side of Church which civil rulers have accepted or rejected depending on how it suits their political interests at a given time. This will be further elaborated in the first chapter of this essay.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/779
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectChurchen_US
dc.subjectState Relationsen_US
dc.subjectAdministration of Churchen_US
dc.titleChurch – State Relations in Uganda with Special Reference to Administration of Church-Founded Schools and Hospitalsen_US
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