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Christianity and genocide in Rwanda /
Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the violence, this book looks at the history of Christian engagement in Rwanda and then turns to a rich body o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | African studies series ;
112. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the violence, this book looks at the history of Christian engagement in Rwanda and then turns to a rich body of original national- and local-level research to argue that Rwanda's churches have consistently allied themselves with the state and played ethnic politics. Comparing two local Presbyterian parishes in Kibuye before the genocide demonstrates that progressive forces were seeking to democratize the churches. Just as Hutu politicians used the genocide of Tutsi to assert political power and crush democratic reform, church leaders supported the genocide to secure their own power. The fact that Christianity inspired some Rwandans to oppose the genocide demonstrates that opposition by the churches was possible and might have hindered the violence. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511641411 0511641419 0521191394 9780521191395 0511638973 9780511638978 9780511636523 0511636520 9780511757976 0511757972 9780511642043 0511642040 0511847548 9780511847547 1107188687 9781107188686 0511640730 9780511640735 1282386360 9781282386365 9786612386367 6612386363 0511640056 9780511640056 |