When courts do religion: The disambiguation of religion and state

Abstract

Religion and the law adjudicated by courts have a great bond that even before the coming of philosophical doctrines of democracy people adhered to the law of religion which also developed as their customs. In Uganda, there several religious faiths which include Christianity, Islam and African Tradition Religion as the common known religions. But several religions have emerged by the introduction of the freedom of worship. In reference to the late Kenyan theologian John S. Mbiti, he observed extensively in that Africans are notoriously religious, in his book African Religions and Philosophy (1969) which he wrote while still a lecturer at Makerere University, he was against the western civilization tenets that African Tradition religion was demoniac in nature and barbaric. he further noted that traditional African religions deserve the same respect as other religions across the world. He referred to the Bible, God is the creator of all things, therefore meaning that God has revealed himself to all things. The civil courts have without hesitation exercised their jurisdiction to protect the temporalities of religious bodies and religion in general.