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Christianity and genocide in Rwanda /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Christianity and genocide in Rwanda // Timothy Longman.
remainder title:	Christianity & Genocide in Rwanda
Author:	Longman, Timothy Paul,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Genocide - History - 20th century. - Rwanda -
Subject:	Rwanda - History - Civil War, 1994 -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642043
ISBN:	9780511642043 (ebook)

Christianity and genocide in Rwanda /
Longman, Timothy Paul,

Christianity and genocide in Rwanda /Christianity & Genocide in RwandaTimothy Longman. - 1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - African studies ;[112]. - African studies series ;103..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

"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 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.

Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the violence, this book looks at the history of Christian engagement in Rwanda and then turns to a rich body of original national- and local-level research to argue that Rwanda's churches have consistently allied themselves with the state and played ethnic politics. Comparing two local Presbyterian parishes in Kibuye before the genocide demonstrates that progressive forces were seeking to democratize the churches. Just as Hutu politicians used the genocide of Tutsi to assert political power and crush democratic reform, church leaders supported the genocide to secure their own power. The fact that Christianity inspired some Rwandans to oppose the genocide demonstrates that opposition by the churches was possible and might have hindered the violence.

ISBN: 9780511642043 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

803483
Genocide
--History--Rwanda--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

803480
Rwanda
--History--Civil War, 1994

LC Class. No.: DT450.435 / .L66 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 967.57104/31

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