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An Abundance Of Violence And Scarcity Of Words (Book Review), Sandra F. Joireman
An Abundance Of Violence And Scarcity Of Words (Book Review), Sandra F. Joireman
Political Science Faculty Publications
It is hard to avoid knowing something about the conflict in Darfur. There are divestment movements, student campaigns, actors raising awareness and the ‘genocide olympics’ to remind us of the ongoing conflict. There is also an increasingly ugly exchange in which two sides are talking and neither is listening. This exchange is not between the combatants, as one might expect, but among activists and scholars who disagree on the best way to portray the conflict. While it is difficult to avoid knowing something about the violence in Darfur, finding a deeper analysis that goes beyond the attempts to gain attention …
Killing Zone: What Can Be Done In Darfur?, Sandra F. Joireman
Killing Zone: What Can Be Done In Darfur?, Sandra F. Joireman
Political Science Faculty Publications
Christians from all traditions and from across the political spectrum have been pressing President Bush to try to get more United Nations peacekeeping troops on the ground in Darfur to stop the unrelenting violence there. The National Council of Churches endorsed the UN resolution in August that called for sending UN troops. In October, Evangelicals for Darfur, a coalition of Christian leaders—including Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention and Jim Wallis of Sojourners—took out full-page ads in newspapers calling for President Bush to do more to address the crisis.