The Decolonization of the Roman Catholic Church in the DRC / Zaire KU Leuven
Research Unit of Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions, Modernity & Society 1800-2000, Leuven
While political, economic, military and demographic aspects of the decolonization of Belgian Congo have been studied thoroughly, our knowledge of the postolonial developments in the Roman Catholic Church in Congo remains limited to specific topics (e.g., the massacres of missionaries in the 1960s) or general narratives (e.g., inculturation and dialogue). This research project examines how the Church decolonized in the first decades of Congolese ...