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As we forgive : stories of reconciliation from Rwanda
Title:
As we forgive : stories of reconciliation from Rwanda
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Summary:
Can a country known for its radical brutality become a country known for an even more radical forgiveness? More than a decade after the 1994 genocide, the Rwandan government has released tens of thousands of murderers back into the communities they ravaged. Survivors and perpetrators have had to learn to live again as neighbors. Inspired by the award-winning film "As We Forgive", this book explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories as victims, orphans, widows, and perpetrators journey toward reconciliation. Based on personal interviews and thorough research, "As We Forgive" returns to the boundary lines of genocideś wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans-victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators-whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing.
Year Published:
2009
Physical Description:
284 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780310287308
Publisher:
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2009.