Editing Holy Spirit Movement (section)

{{Short description|Ugandan militant religious group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

The '''Holy Spirit Movement''' ('''HSM''') was a [[Christianity in Uganda|Ugandan]] [[religious syncretism|religiously syncretic]] [[Christianity|Christian]] militant rebel organization centered upon its founder, self-declared [[spirit medium]] and [[prophetess]] [[Alice Lakwena|Alice Lakwena (Auma)]]. Alice, an ethnic [[Acholi people|Acholi]],<ref name="loc-uganda-countryguide">{{cite book|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ugtoc.html|title=Uganda: A Country Study|publisher=The US Library of Congress}}</ref> was purportedly directed to form the HSM by Lakwena, one of her spirits, in August 1986. The movement grew to adopt a military wing and waged a major but short-lived rebellion as part of the [[war in Uganda (1986–1994)|insurgency (1986–1994)]]. It may have inspired [[Joseph Kony]] to begin his [[Lord's Resistance Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Warlord|url=https://invisiblechildren.com/challenge/kony/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Invisible Children|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=DOOM|first1=R.|last2=VLASSENROOT|first2=K.|title=Kony's Message: A New Koine?The Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda|date=1999-01-01|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a008002|journal=African Affairs|volume=98|issue=390|pages=5–36|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a008002|issn=0001-9909|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Van Acker|first=F.|date=2004-07-01|title=Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army: the new order no one ordered|journal=African Affairs|volume=103|issue=412|pages=335–357|doi=10.1093/afraf/adh044|issn=0001-9909|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{LRA}}

Technically, the Holy Spirit Movement was the political wing of Alice's organization and the '''Holy Spirit Mobile Force''' ('''HSMF''') was the military wing, but there was no real separation of functions and the titles were used interchangeably.<ref name=":0" />