Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian.   Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, of their orthodoxy or lack of it, or of their actions.  Some of those listed may surprise you.  Readers are encouraged to suggest persons who should be included on this list.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Dinesh D’Souza: (b. 1961, India) American author and public speaker, political commentator.  Roman Catholic.

Abundias: (b. Spain - d. 854) Martyr. Roman Catholic parish priest in the village of Ananelos, Spain, near Cordoba.  He was beheaded and his body was thrown to hungry dogs.

Nicola Gruevski: (b. 1970, Macedonia) Banker, elected Prime Minister of Macedonia in 2006. Macedonian Orthodox.

Hassan Sharif Lubenga (b. ca 1958, Uganda) Former Muslim extremist who converted to Christianity after having dreams and visions of Jesus.  He fled to Kenya for his personal safety. He was a sheikh of Buk Haram, a violent group similar to the Nigerian Boko Haram (Hausa = “western education is sinful”).

Isidora Barankis (d. ca. 369, Egypt) One of the first “holy fools.”  A nun at the convent in Tabenissi (on the upper Nile River) in Egypt.  She lived a life of absolute humility and pretended to be insane.  Eventually she left the convent to live in the desert. Eastern Orthodox.

Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian.   Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, of their orthodoxy or lack of it, or of their actions.  Readers are encouraged to suggest persons who should be included on this list.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

James Harrington: (b. 1847, England – d. 1885)  Anglican Bishop martyred in Buganda (Uganda) 1885 at the orders of King Mwanga II.

Mwanga II: (b. 1868, Buganda –d. 1903, Seychelles; aka: Danieri Bassammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa) Mwanga, the 31^st Kabaka of Buganda, ordered the assassination of Anglican Bishop James Harrington in 1885.  After a troubled rule, he was deposed in exile in 1897.  In 1899, he became a convert to the Anglican Church.

Frank Miller: (b. 1957, Maryland, USA)  Comic book writer and artist (300; The Dark Knight; Sin City), actor, film director, screenwriter. Roman Catholic.

Oz Fox: (b. 1961, California, USA; aka: Richard Alfonso Martinez) Vocalist and guitarist for the Christian hard-rock music group Stryper.

Karl Kmetko: Roman Catholic Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia in 1942. Kmetko favored the expulsion of Jews from Slovakia and their extermination by the Germans unless they converted to Christianity. 

The Traditional Dance of the Acholi Tribe

The predominately Christian Acholi tribe is found in Uganda and the southern portion of Sudan.  They speak a Nilotic language.  The majority of Acholi are Roman Catholic or Protestant.  A minority are Muslim.  This video is of their traditional tribal Bwola dance.

All the men carry small drums and everyone follows the lead of one man.  It is considered to be an honor to lead the dance.  Originally the dance could only be called by order of the tribal chief.

The dance, which may last for several hours, is performed in a circle and represents the fence around the royal residence.  "Bwola" apparently means "lies" or"deceit."  I am not sure how this relates to the dance.  Perhaps someone in Uganda or Sudan can explain the meaning of the dance

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Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian.   Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, of their orthodoxy or lack of it, or of their actions.  Readers are encouraged to suggest persons who should be included on this list.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Achileo Kiwanuka: (b. Uganda – d. between 1885 and 1887) Roman Catholic martyr. Killed by Mwanga II, King of Buganda.  Canonized by Pope Paul VI in 18 October 1964.

Robert Alexander Jaffray:  (b. 1873, Canada – d. 1945) Christian and Missionary Alliance.  Jaffray was a missionary to China, Vietnam, and Indonesia.  In 1911, he introduced Protestantism into Vietnam at DaNang.

Catherine de Hueck Doherty: (b. 1896, Russia –d. 1985) Christian social justice worker in Canada and the United States.  She was raised as a Russian orthodox but converted to Roman Catholicism.

Nguyen en Van Tam: (b. Vietnam) Roman Catholic priest who led 2000 Catholic Vietnamese troops during the Le Van Koi Revolt (1833-1835) in an attempt to overthrow Emperor Minh Mandg and install a pro-Catholic government.

Albert Schweitzer: (b. 1875, Alsace (now in France) –d. 1965) Humanitarian, physician, philosopher, theologian, musicologist, organist.  He was one of the first to write of the search for the “historical Jesus.”