Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Contested Categories: A Brief History of "Hutu" and "Tutsi"
II. Building a Catholic Kingdom in Central Africa, 1900-1950
III. Success Breeds Restlessness, 1950-1955
IV. The Irruption of Hutu-Tutsi Tensions, 1956-1959
V. The Catholic Church & Political Revolution in Rwanda,
1959-1962
VI. The Catholic Church & Postcolonial Ethnic Violence
VII. Epilogue: Lessons from Rwanda
Appendix I: Timeline
Appendix II: Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index
J.J. Carney is Assistant Professor of Theology at Creighton University. His research and teaching interests engage the theological and historical dimensions of the Catholic experience in modern Africa. He has published articles in African Ecclesial Review, Modern Theology, Journal of Religion in Africa, and Studies in World Christianity.
"Carney does an excellent job situating the late colonial period
within Rwanda's broader history and explaining the complexities of
the ethnic discourse in Rwanda." --Becca Henriksen, Reading
Religion
"Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse
in the Late Colonial Era, is a rare historical work that provides
important context for understanding more recent events...[Carney]
demonstrates a deep knowledge of the Catholic Church that many
scholars writing on Rwanda lack, yet he manages to write in a
manner accessible to a general audience...Rwanda Before the
Genocide is an important contribution to Rwandan historical
studies and particularly to Rwandan Church history. The book is
thoroughly researched and well written."--African Studies
Review
"This is an outstanding piece of church history writing and another
example of the importance of theological literacy in its writing.
It should act as a siren call for anthropologists and sociologists
to participate more fully in this discipline."--Ian Linden, Social
Sciences and Missions
"A signal contribution...Carney had generous access to the White
Fathers' archives in Rome and Rwanda and has used them
masterfully...Along with an important rereading of this history,
Carney also provides thoughtful commentary on church-state
relations in the postcolonial era in Africa, with lessons for
places well beyond."--Theological Studies
"An in-depth historical narrative...This book makes a significant
contribution to understanding Rwandan history, Catholic missionary
work in Africa, and the formation of ethnic identity during and
after colonization."--African Studies Quarterly
"Carney's scholarship is balanced, very thorough, and updated.
Essential for Rwanda and genocide scholars."--CHOICE
"This book is indispensable for understanding the relationship
between church, state, and ethnic discourse in twentieth-century
Rwanda." --International Bulletin of Missionary Research
"Reading Carney's Rwanda Before the Genocide has been both
delightful and extremely rewarding. Rarely does one come across
such a thorough historical survey, pursued through an engaging
theological lens. The historical survey is just excellent, helping
to illumine the complex terrain of a crucial time in Rwanda's late
colonial history. This is a very much needed study in the face of
so many shallow accounts of the history of the Catholic Church
in
Rwanda."-Emmanuel M. Katongole, author of Mirror to the Church:
Resurrecting Faith after Genocide in Rwanda
"This book is a detailed examination of the historical background
to the Rwanda genocide. It is an admirable combination of
scrupulous scholarship, balanced judgment, and an unflinching
search for truth. Although the tragedy of Rwanda sadly fits into
the catalogue of twentieth-century killings, its special character
can now be understood when placed in the searching light of
policies and actions that preceded it. Among other things, this
study shows the failure
of the Church to deploy its considerable influence and assets to
forestall the coming crisis, largely because of the inability to
appreciate the reality of the Church's place in society. It is
a
depressingly familiar story; this book should make its repetition
inexcusable."-Lamin Sanneh, Historian of religion, Yale
University
"I greatly appreciate Carney's research on the recent history of
the Catholic Church in Rwanda. It is not easy to write about
controversial historical periods. Carney has succeeded in
overcoming the dangers of the task by basing his analysis on
recent, unused, and primary sources. The result is a
well-documented book with new insights on a crisis whose impacts
are still real."-Paul Rutayisire, Director, Center for Conflict
Management, National University of
Rwanda
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