Genocide in Rwanda : complicity of the churches? / edited by Carol Rittner, John K. Roth, Wendy Whitworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rittner, Carol, 1943-

Roth, John K.

Whitworth, Wendy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Rwanda.

Genocide.

Rwanda.

Genocide--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations.

Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Atrocities.

History.

Atrocities.

Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Religious aspects.

Rwanda--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Newark, Notts., U.K.] : Aegis ; St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, 2004.

Contents:

Religion and the Rwandan genocide : some preliminary considerations / Hubert G. Locke

Genocide in Rwanda 1994 : an Anglican perspective / Roger W. Bowen

The church and the genocide in Rwanda / Octave Ugirashebuja

The church and power : responses to genocide and massive human rights abuses in comparative perspective / Jerry Fowler

The failure to confront evil : a collective responsibility, a personal reflection / Charles Petrie

Rwanda, 100 days, 1994 : one perspective / Marie Julianne Farrington

Memory never forgets miracles / Philippe Gaillard

The church and the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 : a personal view / Marie Césarie Mukarwego

Genocide and the church in Rwanda : an interview with Tom O'Hara, C.S.C. / Carol Rittner

The Christian churches and the construction of a genocidal mentality in Rwanda / Matthias Bjørnlund ... [et. al.]

The Rwandan genocide and the British religious press : Roman Catholic, Anglican and Baptist / Margaret Brearley

Churches as memorial sites : a photo essay / James M. Smith and Carol Rittner

From Kibeho to Medjugorje : the Catholic Church and ethno-nationalist movements and regimes / Léon D. Saur

The church's blind eye to genocide in Rwanda / Tom Ndahiro

Two convicted Rwandan nuns / Martin (François) Neyt

Why the churches were complicit : confessions of a broken-hearted Christian / David P. Gushee

Epilogue: what should be remembered? / John K. Roth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index.

ISBN:

1557788375

OCLC:

55955144