Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda (eBook)

Challenges and Hopes

Michel Segatagara Kamanzi, Elisee Rutagambwa, Marcel Uwineza (Herausgeber)

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2023
448 Seiten
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-64712-346-8 (ISBN)

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The first comprehensive examination of the Catholic Churchs role in the genocide against the Tutsi and its attempts at reconciliationFrom April to July 1994, more than a million people were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Tutsi men, women, and children were slaughtered by Hutu extremists in churches and school buildings, and their lifeless bodies were left rotting in these sacred places under the deep silence of church authorities. Pope Franciss apology more than twenty years later presents the opportunity to reimagine the essence of the Church, the missionary enterprise, theology in its multiple dimensions, the purification of memory, and the place of human dignity in the Catholic faith. Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda critically examines the Churchs responsibility in Rwandas tragic history and opens the dialogue to construct a new theology. Contributors to this volume offer moving personal testimonies of their journeys to reconciling the evil that has marred the Churchs image: bystanders indifference to the suffering, despite their claim as members of the Church.The first volume of its kind, Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda is a necessary step toward the Rwandan Catholic Church and humanitys restoration of fundamental peace and lasting reconciliation. Catholic clergy, lay people, and human rights advocates will benefit from this examination of ecclesial moral failure and subsequent reconciliatory efforts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.7.2023
• Co-Autor: Leah Bacon, Augustin Karekezi, Leocadie Lushombo, Laurenti Magesa, Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege, Eugene Niyonzima, Martin Nizigiyimana, Ogonna Hilary Nwainya, William R. O'Neill, Innocent Rugaragu, Bishop Philippe Rukamba, J.J. Carney, Elisee Rutagambwa, Thomas D. Stegman, Shelly Tenenbaum, Marcel Uwineza, Shawn Copeland, Mih Bibiana Mbei Dighambong, Jean Baptiste Ganza, George Griener, David Hollenbach, Michel Segatagara Kamanzi, Antoine Cardinal Kambanda
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• ISBN-10: 1-64712-346-1 / 1647123461
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64712-346-8 / 9781647123468