Christianity and genocide in Rwanda /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Longman, Timothy Paul.
Imprint:	Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xiii, 350 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	African studies African studies series.
Subject:	Civil War (Rwanda : 1994) Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century. Genocide -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Atrocities. Ethnic relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Genocide. Religious aspects. Ethnic relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities. Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Religious aspects. Rwanda. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7805381

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ISBN:	9780521191395 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521191394 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "People Came to Mass Each Day to Pray, Then They Went Out to Kill": Christian Churches, Civil Society, and Genocide
Part I. "River of Blood": Rwanda's National Churches and the 1994 Genocide
2. "Render Unto Caesar and Musinga...": Christianity and the Colonial State
3. The Churches and the Politics of Ethnicity
4. "Working Hand in Hand": Christian Churches and the Postcolonial State (1962-1990)
5. "Giants with Feet of Clay": Christian Churches and Democratization (1990-1992)
6. "It Is the End of the World": Christian Churches and Genocide (1993-1994)
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
8. Biguhu: Local Churches, Empowerment of the poor, and Challenges to Hegemony
9. "Commanded by the Devil": Christian Involvement in the Genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu
Conclusion
10. Churches and Accounting for Genocide
Bibliography
Index

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