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The genocide against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan churches : between grief and denial / Philippe Denis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denis, Philippe, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Fountain studies in East African history.
- Religion in transforming Africa ; 9.
- Fountain Studies in East African History ; 25
- Religion in transforming Africa ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Genocide.
- Rwandan Genocide, Rwanda, 1994.
- Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Religious aspects.
- Rwanda.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey ; Kampala : Fountain Publishers, 2022.
- Summary:
- A pioneering study of the role of the Christian churches in the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi, this is a key work for historians, memory studies scholars, religion scholars and Africanists.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jul 2022).
- ISBN:
- 1-80010-381-6
- 1-80010-380-8
- OCLC:
- 1291316323
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