Sacred Economies: Christianity, Islam, and Community Care in Uganda

How Uganda's vibrant religious infrastructure supports local and interfaith community care efforts For millions living on the African continent, the experience of poverty is a facet of life.While many scholars, activists, and policy experts work in African communities to mitigate poverty, they often miss a crucial dimension of contemporary African life-religion and religious practice.In Sacred Economies, scholar Nicolette Manglos-Weber with her colleague Josephine Nabakooza investigate how and why religion matters to the ways in which people take care of their material needs.Using interviews, focus groups, and sociological portraits of four local leaders in Uganda, Manglos-Weber and Nabakooza show how Uganda's vibrant religious infrastructure supports local and interfaith community care efforts.Manglos-Weber ultimately argues that participation in Christian and Islamic congregations, as a model of religious life, generates a robust infrastructure of economic patronage and support.She a