Church politics and the genocide in Rwanda

Christian churches were deeply implicated in the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsi in Rwanda. Churches were a major site for massacres, and many Christians participated in the slaughter, including church personnel and lay leaders. Church involvement in the genocide can be explained in part because of th...

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Main Author: Longman, Timothy P. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2001
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2001, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-186
Further subjects:B Group
B Political conflict
B Church
B Ethnic conflict
B Protestant Church
B Self-understanding
B Ruanda Christliche Kirche Genozid Catholic church Protestant Church Rollenverständnis gesellschaftlicher Gruppen Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Civil war Innenpolitischer Konflikt
B Ruanda
B Civil war
B Genocide
B Internal policy
B State
B Religious organization
B Catholic school
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