@article{twesigye_ethics_2005, title = {The ethics of {HIV} / {AIDS} and the rise of an apocalyptic mariologist Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments : the challenge of {HIV} / {AIDS} to Christian theology}, volume = {89}, issn = {0254-1807, 2305-445X}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC100718}, shorttitle = {The ethics of {HIV} / {AIDS} and the rise of an apocalyptic mariologist Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments}, abstract = {This article offers an assessment of the significance of The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God ({MRTCG}) in Uganda. It describes how the {MRTCG} leaders proposed celibacy and physical withdrawal from the supposed "corrupt, evil and damned world, " and urged their followers to wait for God to destroy the world and to save them through the Blessed Virgin Mary. Tragically, when their apocalyptic prophecies failed to materialize, the {MRTCG} leaders ritually killed hundreds of their followers in 2000 hoping to save them and through martyrdom, to deliver them directly to God in heaven. It suggests that this movement has to be understood within the context of the rise of {HIV} / Aids pandemic in Uganda. It describes the socio-economic, cultural, medical and political factors prevailing in Uganda (1981- 2000) and shows how the {MRTCG} responded to such circumstances. The final section sketches some of the subsequent developments concerning the fight against {HIV} / Aids in Uganda.}, pages = {456--468}, number = {1}, journaltitle = {Scriptura : Journal for Contextual Hermeneutics in Southern Africa}, author = {Twesigye, Emmanuel K. and Benedicts, Aden S. and Benedicts, Mollie W.}, urldate = {2019-12-23}, date = {2005-01-01}, note = {Free}, }