Rwanda Before the Genocide
Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19985692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J J Carney (0000-0002-5233-5713, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 358 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Rwanda Before the Genocide (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199982271.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4243290046 |
| Open Library | OL29160417M |
| ISBN | 9780199982271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Between 1920 and 1994, the Catholic Church was Rwanda’s most dominant social and religious institution. In recent years, church leaders have been critiqued for their perceived complicity in the ethnic discourse, violence, and political corruption that culminated with the 1994 genocide. In analyzing the contested legacy of Catholicism in Rwanda, Rwanda Before the Genocide focuses on a critical decade, from 1952 to 1962, when Hutu and Tutsi identities became politicized, essentialized, and associated with political violence. This study—the first English-language church history on Rwanda in over 30 years—examines the reactions of Catholic leaders such as the Swiss White Father André Perraudin and Aloys Bigirumwami, Rwanda’s first indigenous bishop. It evaluates Catholic leaders’ controversial responses to ethnic violence during the revolutionary changes of 1959-62 and after Rwanda’s ethnic massacres in 1963–1964, 1973, and the early 1990s. In seeking to provide deeper insight into the many-threaded roots of the Rwandan genocide, Rwanda Before the Genocide offers constructive lessons for Christian ecclesiology and social ethics in Africa and beyond
Complicity · Criminology · Ethnic group · Genocide · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religion, Society, and Development · Africa · Catholic church · Church and state · Church history · Ethnic relations · History · Hutu (African people) · Religion · Rwanda · Social conditions · Tutsi (african people)
Multiple Hamitic Theories and Black Egyptians
Écrire l’histoire du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda à partir de sources locales
Rwanda-Uganda relations
Mediating ‘absence-presence’ at Rwanda’s genocide memorials
Medicalizing violence
Kwandika amateka ya jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda hashingiwe ku bimenyetso ndangamateka byo mu gihugu
The Socio-Religious Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Desmond Mpilo Tutu, as a Possible Inspiration for the Post-Genocide Rwanda
Regulating surveillance during occupation through core data protection principles
De tutsi a inyenzi
Rwandan Perceptions of Jews, Judaism, and Israel
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |