As We Forgive
Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda
Inspired by the Award-Winning Film


By: Catherine Claire Larson   

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Synopsis: 
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.   Click for product description and details
ISBN: 0310287308,  ISBN-13: 9780310287308,  UPC: 025986287306

Features: Discussion/Study Questions included
Suggested Uses: Spiritual Growth
Ages: Adult

Related Product Types: Spiritual Formation

Reviews of As We Forgive
Endorsements for As We Forgive:

In compelling stories and thoughtful reflections, Catherine Claire Larson gives us glimpses of the powerful transformation taking place in Rwanda today. Reconciliation can indeed follow unspeakable evil; forgiveness is the key. — Daniel W. Van Ness, Executive Director, Centre for Justice and Reconciliation

Those who fear the breadth of America's left-right gap should see how radical forgiveness is healing Rwanda's far, far greater divide. Catherine Claire Larson realistically reports both scars and grace. — Marvin Olasky, Editor-in-chief, World Provost, The King’s College

Catherine Claire Larson is a bright, talented writer who has given us one of the most moving tales of reconciliation in one of the most difficult places in the world. This is a book I can wholeheartedly endorse. Read this. It will strengthen your faith. — Chuck Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship

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Product Details for As We Forgive
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.

Description: 
Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name.
 
If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren’t only one, but thousands?
 
Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil? If forgiveness is possible after the slaughter of nearly a million in a hundred days in Rwanda, then today, more than ever, we owe it to humanity to explore how one country is addressing perceptual, social-psychological, and spiritual dimensions to achieve a more lasting peace. If forgiveness is possible after genocide, then perhaps there is hope for the comparably smaller rifts that plague our relationships, our communities, and our nation.
 
Based on personal interviews and thorough research, As We Forgive returns to the boundary lines of genocide’s 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.
 
As We Forgive explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.

Book & Bible Cover Size: Medium
Page Count: 288

Paper Edge Description: Plain
Size: 5.4 wide x 8 high x 0.8 deep in. | 137 wide x 203 high x deep 20 mm
Weight: 0.63 lb | 285 gms

Available: February 2009
World
Publisher: Zondervan

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