Book Review: As We Forgive

From Rachel Mott's review on EvangelicalOutpost.com:

“If they told you that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if this time, they weren’t just releasing one, but forty thousand?”

-A survivor of the Rwandan genocide

As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda, Catherine Claire Larson's new book, addresses this and other questions raised by the recent release of fifty thousand men and women who took part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.  Thanks to the work of several restorative justice ministries and other groups, a growing number of Rwandans have begun to heal and have sometimes even been reconciled with those who murdered their friends and family.  Larson intersperses the stories of several of these survivors with thoughtful reflections on healing and forgiveness.  Included discussion questions make As We Forgive a good choice for small group use.

Aug 20, 2009 Country:Rwanda, National Reconciliation, Book Review, Region: Africa

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