Includes bibliographical references and index.

"People came to mass each day to pray, then they went out to kill" : Christian churches, civil society, and genocide -- "Render unto Caesar and Musinga ..." : Christianity and the colonial state -- The churches and the politics of ethnicity -- "Working hand in hand" : Christian ch urches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "Giants with feet of c lay" : Christian churches and the postcolonial state (1962-1990) -- "" : Christian churches and democratization (1990-1992) -- "It is the end of the world" : Christian churches and genocide (1993-1994) -- Kirinda : local churches and the construction of hegemony -- Biguhu : local ch urches, empowerment of the poor, and challenges to hegemony -- "Command ed by the devil" : Christian involvement in the genocide in Kirinda and Biguhu -- Churches and accounting for genocide.