Bartov, Omer, and Phyllis Mack, eds. In God’s Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century. Studies on War and Genocide 4. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001.
Bataringaya, Pascal. Versöhnung nach dem Genozid. Impulse der Friedensethik Dietrich Bonhoeffers für Kirche und Gesellschaft in Ruanda. Serie: Schriften der Hans Ehrenberg-Gesellschaft, Band 18. Kamen (Germany: Helmut Spenner, 1012.
AbstractThis volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in understanding the phenomenon of martyrdom-persecution violence as it relates to telling the age-old Gospel story. The place to begin is with Biblical and theological analysis followed by the grounding provided by constructing consequent lifestyles, strategies and practices in physically risky settings. Finally, insights from the live settings of violence are warranted.
Erny, Pierre Rwanda. Clés pour comprendre le calvaire d’un peuple. Paris: L’Harmattan, 1994.
Guy, Theunis. ’Le rôle de l’Eglise catholique dans les événements récents.’’ In : Guichaoua (Red.), Les crises politiaues au Burundi et Rwanda. Lille: université, 1993.
Karamaga, André. ’Les Eglises protestantes et la crise rwandaise.’’ In : Guichaoua (red.), Les crises politiaues au Burundi et Rwanda. Lille: Université, 1993.
Mujawayo, Esther. ’SurVivantes: Rwanda, dix ans après le génocide ; suivi de entretien croisé entre Simone Veil et Esther Mujawayo.’. La Tour d’Aigues: Éd. de l’Aube, 2004.
Ndikumana, Viateur. Mémoire collective et construction d’une identité par un ennemi commun. Etude exégétique de la loi sur la mémoire des actes d’Amaleq selon Deutéronome 25, 17-19 et essai d’actualisation. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2012.
Ngomanzungu, Joseph. Efforts de mediation oecuménique des Eglises dans la crise Rwandaise; le Comité de Contacts (1991-1994. No publishing house mentioned, 2003.
Ntihinyuzwa, Thaddée. ’Une interprétation du réveil évangélique est-africain. Une application missiologique de l’anthropologie.’’ In : Servais, Olivier, and Spijker, van ’t , Gérard (Dir.), Anthropologie et missiologie. XIXre-XXe siècles. Entre connivence et rivalité. Paris: Karthala, 2004.
AbstractIn 1994, genocide put Rwanda on the map for most of the world. It also exposed one of the most shameful scandals of the Rwandan churches-the complicity of the Christian churches in the genocide. Rwanda is the most Christian country in Africa. More than 90% of its people are baptized Christians, with the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches having the greatest number of adherents. According to Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "The story of Rwanda shows both sides of our humanity. The churches were sometimes quite superb in what they did in the face of intimidation and at great cost to themselves. But there were other times when [they] failed dismally and seemed to be implicated in ways that have left many disillusioned, disgruntled and angry." Genocide In Rwanda provides a variety of perspectives through which to assess the complex questions and issues surrounding the topic, and, even raise some new questions that could provide some new insight into this historical event. They are questions we must ask - otherwise, how can the Church begin to make moral restitution, change structures and behaviors, and once again reveal the human face of God in our fragile world?
Rubayize, F. Guérir le Rwanda de la violence. La confession de Detmold un premier pas. Paris/Montréal: l’Hartmattan, 1998.
Rukangira, Ernest. Actes du Colloque de Machakos. Colloque de la Société civile sur la Paix, la Reconstruction morale et la Cohabitation sociale dans les Pays des Grands Lacs d’Afrique. Brussels: Solidarité pour l’Afrique, 2001.
AbstractSites of violence often provoke conflicts over memorialization. These conflicts provide insight into the construction and use of memory as a means of achieving public recognition of past wrongs. In this groundbreaking collection, scholars of religious studies, sociology, history, and political science, as well as African, Caribbean, Jewish, and Native American studies, examine the religious memorialization of violent acts that are linked to particular sites. Supported by the essays gathered here, the editors argue that memory is essential to religion and, conversely, that religion is inherent in memory. Other books have considered memory and violence, or religion and place—this collection is the first to discuss the intersection of all four.Contributors are David Chidester, James H. Foard, Roger Friedland, Richard D. Hecht, Juan A. Herrero Brasas, Janet Liebman Jacobs, Flora A. Keshgegian, J. Shawn Landres, Edward T. Linenthal, Timothy Longman, Tania Oldenhage, Michelene E. Pesantubbee, Terry Rey, William Robert, Théoneste Rutagengwa, Oren Baruch Stier, Jonathan Webber, and James E. Young.
Theunis, Guy. Mes soixante-quinze jours de prison à Kigali. Paris: Karthala, 2012.
AbstractFrom the 1930s the East African Revival influenced Christian expression in East Central Africa and around the globe. This book analyses influences upon the movement and changes wrought by it in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Congo, highlighting its impact on spirituality, political discourse and culture. A variety of scholarly approaches to a complex and changing phenomenon are juxtaposed with the narration of personal stories of testimony, vital to spirituality and expression of the revival, which give a sense of the dynamism of the movement. Those yet unacquainted with the revival will find a helpful introduction to its history. Those more familiar with the movement will discover new perspectives on its influence.
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