Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda / Timothy Longman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longman, Timothy.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

African Studies ; no. 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Rwanda--History--20th century.

Genocide.

Rwanda.

History.

Genocide--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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PDF

Contents:

1 "People Came to Mass Each Day to Pray, Then They Went Out to Kill": Christian Churches, Civil Society, and Genocide 3

Part I "River of Blood": Rwanda's National Churches and the 1994 Genocide

2 "Render Unto Caesar and Musinga...": Christianity and the Colonial State 33

3 The Churches and the Politics of Ethnicity 58

4 "Working Hand in Hand": Christian Churches and the Postcolonial State (1962-1990) 82

5 "Giants with Feet of Clay": Christian Churches and Democratization (1990-1992) 117

6 "It Is the End of the World": Christian Churches and Genocide (1993-1994) 161

Part II "God has hidden his face": Local churches and the exercise of power in Rwanda

7 Kirinda: Local Churches and the Construction of Hegemony 203

8 Biguhu: Local Churches, Empowerment of the poor, and Challenges to Hegemony 240

9 "Commanded by the Devil": Christian Involvement in the Genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu 268

Conclusion

10 Churches and Accounting for Genocide 303.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511642043

9780521191395

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