Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in
the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing
grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the
violence, this book looks at the history of Christian engagement in
Rwanda and then turns to a rich body of original national and
local-level research to argue that Rwanda s churches have
consistently allied themselves with the state and played ethnic
politics. Comparing two local Presbyterian parishes in Kibuye prior
to the genocide demonstrates that progressive forces were seeking
to democratize the churches. Just as Hutu politicians used the
genocide of Tutsi to assert political power and crush democratic
reform, church leaders supported the genocide to secure their own
power. The fact that Christianity inspired some Rwandans to oppose
the genocide demonstrates that opposition by the churches was
possible and might have hindered the violence.
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