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Chaplains of the Militia
Author | : Chris McGreal |
Publsiher | : Guardian Books |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2014-04-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781783560769 |
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The 1994 Rwandan genocide was the last great bloodletting of the century that came to define organised mass killing. 800,000 Tutsis were murdered by their Hutu countrymen, ordinary citizens joining in the killing alongside militia and army. The violence was driven by incendiary politicians and generals. But one global institution stands accused of complicity in the mass killings and protecting some of the murderers to this day. Reviews “An essential and damning work. McGreal’s investigation of the priests who took part in the genocide in Rwanda, and of the criminal complicity of the Vatican and other churches that continue to shelter their blood-stained clergy from the law, is a sober and sobering indictment of the betrayal of humanity in the name of God. The story it tells should be read widely.” - Philip Gourevitch, author of ‘We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories From Rwanda’ “The sheer evil of the Rwandan genocide and the hypocrisy, deceit and moral cowardice that defined the world’s responses to it are distilled in the story of the extraordinarily sinister Catholic priest around whom this gripping book is built. Chris McGreal, one of the great contemporary reporters on Africa, tracks the priest down and finds that, two decades after a horror in which he bloodily took part, he remains at large in France, still exercising his holy duties with the protection and blessing of his congregation, the Vatican and the French state.” - John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy, basis for the film Invictus The Catholic church should have been at the forefront of moral opposition to the massacres. Instead it was virtually silent as churches across Rwanda were turned into human slaughterhouses, compromised by an archbishop closely allied with the politicians behind the genocide. Some clergy courageously resisted the killers but their bishops were not there to back them. Other priests and nuns joined the murderers, overseeing the torture and slaughter of citizens who had turned to the church for refuge. After the violence ended, the Vatican spirited guilty members of the clergy out of the country, and over time, quietly worked them into parishes across Europe. Chaplains of the Militia is the extraordinary story of those priests accused of complicity in genocide. Chris McGreal takes us from Rwanda in 1994, where he stood among the bodies at one of the many massacres in churches, to modern day France in pursuit of a priest notorious during the genocide for wearing a gun and selecting victims for the machete-waving militia. He investigates the roots of the Catholic church’s complicity in the ideology that underpinned the mass killings, confronting bishops and priests with a past some would rather forget. And, in an echo of the scandal over paedophile priests, he exposes the Vatican’s continued protection of clergy with blood on their hands. Reviews “An essential and damning work. McGreal’s investigation of the priests who took part in the genocide in Rwanda, and of the criminal complicity of the Vatican and other churches that continue to shelter their blood-stained clergy from the law, is a sober and sobering indictment of the betrayal of humanity in the name of God. The story it tells should be read widely.” - Philip Gourevitch, author of We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories From Rwanda “The sheer evil of the Rwandan genocide and the hypocrisy, deceit and moral cowardice that defined the world’s responses to it are distilled in the story of the extraordinarily sinister Catholic priest around whom this gripping book is built. Chris McGreal, one of the great contemporary reporters on Africa, tracks the priest down and finds that, two decades after a horror in which he bloodily took part, he remains at large in France, still exercising his holy duties with the protection and blessing of his congregation, the Vatican and the French state.” - John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy basis for the film Invictus
The American Army Chaplaincy
Author | : United States. Department of the Army |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D00622921J |
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Reliable and Religious
Author | : Kenneth E. Lawson |
Publsiher | : U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : UCR:31210020806129 |
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American Army Chaplaincy
Author | : United States. Army Service Forces. Office of the Chief of Chaplains |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:39015011542647 |
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From Its European Antecedents to 1791
Author | : Parker C. Thompson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Military chaplains |
ISBN | : OSU:32435030992630 |
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Faith in the Fight
Author | : John Wesley Brinsfield |
Publsiher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Chaplains, Military |
ISBN | : 0811700178 |
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For both the Union and Confederate soldiers, religion was the greatest sustainer of morale in the Civil War, and faith was a refuge in times of need. Guarding and guiding the spiritual well-being of the fighters, the army chaplain was a voice of hope and reason in an otherwise chaotic military existence. The clerics' duties did not end after Sunday prayers; rather, many ministers could be found performing daily regimental duties, and some even found their way onto fields of battle.
Padres in No Man s Land Second Edition
Author | : Duff Crerar |
Publsiher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780773581685 |
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Padres in No Man's Land is the compelling story of brave and deeply committed army chaplains who brought faith and courage to Canada's troops during one of history's most devastating wars. Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden early days to its maturation as an efficient field force, Duff Crerar highlights both the role of the Service on the battlefield and the personal experiences of the chaplains. Refuting the widely held view that chaplains serving overseas were cloistered from front-line realities, Crerar describes the padres' experiences in camps, hospitals, and on the battlefield. He examines how they maintained their faith in the face of death and destruction, and explores the bonds forged between chaplains and troops. Padres in No Man's Land concludes in the postwar era with the decline of the chaplains' hopes for spiritual renewal upon their return to Canada - their dreams dashed not by the war, but by the subsequent peace.
Soldiers of God
Author | : Eugene Franklin Williams |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Military chaplains |
ISBN | : WISC:89058642893 |
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