The genocide against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan churches : between grief and denial /

Pioneering study of the role of the Christian churches in the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi; a key work for historians, memory studies scholars, religion scholars and Africanists.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Denis, Philippe, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Kampala : James Currey ; Fountain Publishers Ltd, 2022.
Series:Fountain studies in East African history.
Religion in transforming Africa ; 9.
Subjects:
1994
Genocide > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Rwandan Genocide, Rwanda, 1994.
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Rwanda > Histoire > 1994 (Guerre civile) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The burden of the past
  • The run-up to the genocide
  • Religion in the midst of the genocide
  • of the genocide
  • The Presbyterian Church's confession of guilt
  • The Missionaries of Africa's response to the genocide
  • Church and state relations after the genocide
  • A case of two narratives: Gabriel Maindron, a hero made and unmade
  • Remembering 1994 in Congo-Nil
  • The quest for forgiveness and reconciliation
  • Conclusion
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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