When God Became a Weapon

Name: When God Became a Weapon
Brand: Kayumba David
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A History of Religion and the Death of Ubuntu

By: Kayumba David

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Paperback | 25 June 2025

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80 Pages

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21.6 x 14.0 x 0.49

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When God Became a Weapon: A History of Religion and the Death of Ubuntu

What happens when sacred texts are used to justify conquest? When compassion is replaced by creed? When God becomes a weapon?

In this bold and thought-provoking work, Kayumba David traces the arc of organized religion from its early emergence as a social glue to its transformation into a powerful instrument of empire, colonization, division, and violence. Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology, and African ethics, the book unveils how religion-once a source of meaning-became a tool for domination and the suppression of indigenous wisdom like Ubuntu.

Through rich analysis and vivid narrative, the book examines:

The Crusades, Inquisitions, and religious colonization
Sectarian extremism and the politics of divine supremacy
The silent complicity of faith in genocide, patriarchy, and empire
The possibility of ethical living beyond gods and dogma

But this is also a book of hope. Kayumba David imagines a world reborn through Ubuntu-a philosophy of shared humanity, restorative justice, and spiritual inclusiveness. It calls not for the death of faith, but for its transformation into empathy, coexistence, and truth.

Timely, courageous, and visionary, When God Became a Weapon is both an unflinching critique and a luminous call for a post-religious humanity.

Let us not return to religion.
Let us return to each other.
Let us be human again.

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