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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "People came to mass each day to pray, then they went out to kill" : Christian churches, civil society, and genocide
- "Render unto Caesar and Musinga ..." : Christianity and the colonial state
- The churches and the politics of ethnicity
- "Working hand in hand" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990)
- "Giants with feet of clay" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990)
- "" : Christian churches and democratization (1990-1992)
- "It is the end of the world" : Christian churches and genocide (1993-1994)
- Kirinda : local churches and the construction of hegemony
- Biguhu : local churches, empowerment of the poor, and challenges to hegemony
- "Commanded by the devil" : Christian involvement in the genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu
- Churches and accounting for genocide.