The Bishop of Rwanda
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: March 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780849900525
Subjects: Anglican & Episcopalian Churches; Biography: general; Reconciliation; General; Christian Life; South Africa - History; Religious; History; Biography / Autobiography; Political aspects; History: World; Rwanda; BIO000000; Genocide; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography; Reference; Religious aspects; Africa - South - South Africa; Christianity - General; 20th century; Church of England
Description: In 1994, as his country descended into the madness of genocide, Anglican Bishop John Rucyahana underwent the mind-numbing pain of having members of his church and family butchered. John refused to become a part of the systemic hatred. He founded the Sonrise orphanage and school for children orphaned in the genocide, and he now leads reconciliation efforts between his own Tutsi people, the victims of this horrific massacre, and the perpetrators, the Hutus. His remarkable story is one that demands to be told.