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God In Pre- And Post- Genocide Rwanda: Understanding People’S Perspectives, Ben Weinberg
God In Pre- And Post- Genocide Rwanda: Understanding People’S Perspectives, Ben Weinberg
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After the slaughter of over a million Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda in 1994, God remains an important part in the life of many Rwandans. In this study, 11 Rwandans including survivors, perpetrators, and refugees, were interviewed to provide their perceptions of God before and after the genocide. Through the use of these interviews and various studies on evil, coping, and trauma, this research intends to understand both the shift in belief before to after the genocide and the factors that caused the shift to occur. Informant testimony provides evidence of the way that God and Christian theology has …