Christ Walks Where Evil Reigned (Responding to the Rwandan Genocide
by Emmanuel M. Kolini and Peter R. Holmes
Published by Authentic Publishing
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Reviewed by Laura V. Hilton
Christ Walks Where Evil Reigned addresses the issue of the horrific genocide that occurred in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. This genocide is no longer news (a lot of us may not even remember it) but it is still a horrible bit of African history that many in that area are still having to live with every day. In the span of one hundred days, more than one million men, women and children were slaughtered in Rwanda.
Christ Walks Where Evil Reigned was written for three purposes:
1. It is a book about Rwanda for the Rwandese people to help them heal.
2. It is outreach to the rest of the world, to the victims of violence who need to know of Christ’s hope.
3. It is a book for the church to become involved in the needs of other lands.
This is a powerful and disturbing book that is quite difficult to read. It lays bare the tragic events that led to, surrounded, and followed those horrible days. The authors take a look into the soul of evil as they share the haunting tales of some of the survivors of this ordeal, including a woman who was forced to bury her son alive.
Christ Walks Evil Reigned is a good book for those interested in foreign missions to read, as well as those who are counselors here in America. It shows the ugliness of sin, but also forces us to take a look at how we can help and reach out to others.
Armchair Interviews says: Strong message about tragedy that not everyone could stand to read about.