Christianity and genocide in Rwanda
By: Timothy Longman.
Series: African studies; African studies series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780521191395
Subjects: 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 aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "People came to mass each day to pray, then they went out to kill" : Christian churches, civil society, and genocide; title: "Render unto Caesar and Musinga ..." : Christianity and the colonial state; title: The churches and the politics of ethnicity; title: "Working hand in hand" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990); title: "Giants with feet of clay" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990); title: "" : Christian churches and democratization (1990-1992); title: "It is the end of the world"  : Christian churches and genocide (1993-1994); title: Kirinda : local churches and the construction of hegemony; title: Biguhu : local churches, empowerment of the poor, and challenges to hegemony; title: "Commanded by the devil" : Christian involvement in the genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu; title: Churches and accounting for genocide.