Focused on Reconciliation: Rwandan Protestant Theology After the Genocide

During the 20 years since the Rwandan genocide a number of younger Rwandan theologians have reflected on the terrible events that ravaged their country in 1994. They have presented PhD theses at different universities in Africa and Europe. Four of these deal explicitly with the 1994 genocide. The ba...

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Main Author: Spijker, Gerard van't 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Transformation
Year: 2017, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-74
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
SA Church law; state-church law
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Summary:During the 20 years since the Rwandan genocide a number of younger Rwandan theologians have reflected on the terrible events that ravaged their country in 1994. They have presented PhD theses at different universities in Africa and Europe. Four of these deal explicitly with the 1994 genocide. The basic main question of this review article is how these theologians are looking to reconstruct the broken Rwandan society. This analysis reveals that, while exploring a variety of subjects, each of these theologians is looking for a way in which reconciliation may be achieved in Rwandan society, which has been torn apart by the consequences of the genocide. This article indicates the main issues put forward by these scholars and highlights what they have in common and to what extent they differ.
ISSN:1759-8931
Contains:Enthalten in: Transformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0265378816631250