Henni Alava is Academy Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland.

A welcome addition to and extension of the anthropology of northern Uganda and that of Christianity ... Alava has a gift for holding herself back just enough while paying attention, allowing the research participants the time and space to unfold themselves.

• Introduction: working with confusion 1. The Gun and the Word: Missionary-Colonial History in Acholi2. Church, State, War3. Learning to Listen to Silence and Confusion. Fieldwork in the Aftermath of War4. 'To Stand Atop an Anthill'. Performing the State in Kitgum5. The Underside of the Anthill6. ‘My peace I give you’. Utopian Narratives of Inclusion and Boundaries of Exclusion7. Confusion in the Church8. Navigating Confusion, Hope and ComplexityConclusionBibliographyIndex

Henni Alava is Academy Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland.

A welcome addition to and extension of the anthropology of northern Uganda and that of Christianity ... Alava has a gift for holding herself back just enough while paying attention, allowing the research participants the time and space to unfold themselves.

• Introduction: working with confusion 1. The Gun and the Word: Missionary-Colonial History in Acholi2. Church, State, War3. Learning to Listen to Silence and Confusion. Fieldwork in the Aftermath of War4. 'To Stand Atop an Anthill'. Performing the State in Kitgum5. The Underside of the Anthill6. ‘My peace I give you’. Utopian Narratives of Inclusion and Boundaries of Exclusion7. Confusion in the Church8. Navigating Confusion, Hope and ComplexityConclusionBibliographyIndex

Henni Alava is Academy Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland.

A welcome addition to and extension of the anthropology of northern Uganda and that of Christianity ... Alava has a gift for holding herself back just enough while paying attention, allowing the research participants the time and space to unfold themselves.

• Introduction: working with confusion 1. The Gun and the Word: Missionary-Colonial History in Acholi2. Church, State, War3. Learning to Listen to Silence and Confusion. Fieldwork in the Aftermath of War4. 'To Stand Atop an Anthill'. Performing the State in Kitgum5. The Underside of the Anthill6. ‘My peace I give you’. Utopian Narratives of Inclusion and Boundaries of Exclusion7. Confusion in the Church8. Navigating Confusion, Hope and ComplexityConclusionBibliographyIndex