Christianity and genocide in Rwanda / Timothy Longman.

By: Longman, Timothy Paul
Material type: TextTextSeries: African studies series: 112.Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010Description: xiii, 350 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521191395 (hardback : alk. paper); 0521191394 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century | Genocide -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Ethnic relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities | Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 967.57104/31 LOC classification: DT450.435 | .L66 2010
Contents:
"People came to mass each day to pray, then they went out to kill" : Christian churches, civil society, and genocide -- "Render unto Caesar and Musinga ..." : Christianity and the colonial state -- The churches and the politics of ethnicity -- "Working hand in hand" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "Giants with feet of clay" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "" : Christian churches and democratization (1990-1992) -- "It is the end of the world" : Christian churches and genocide (1993-1994) -- Kirinda : local churches and the construction of hegemony -- Biguhu : local churches, empowerment of the poor, and challenges to hegemony -- "Commanded by the devil" : Christian involvement in the genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu -- Churches and accounting for genocide.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.

"People came to mass each day to pray, then they went out to kill" : Christian churches, civil society, and genocide -- "Render unto Caesar and Musinga ..." : Christianity and the colonial state -- The churches and the politics of ethnicity -- "Working hand in hand" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "Giants with feet of clay" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "" : Christian churches and democratization (1990-1992) -- "It is the end of the world" : Christian churches and genocide (1993-1994) -- Kirinda : local churches and the construction of hegemony -- Biguhu : local churches, empowerment of the poor, and challenges to hegemony -- "Commanded by the devil" : Christian involvement in the genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu -- Churches and accounting for genocide.

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