POSTURES OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT: REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTIANITY AFTER RWANDA'S GENOCIDE

That Rwanda, the most thoroughly evangelized country in Africa, was the site of an unimaginable genocide is a sign that we have to rethink the notion of a "Christian nation." But we cannot think critically about Rwanda without also focusing our energy on the so-called Christian nations that continue to send missionaries into the world. What should Christian "missions" look like after the Rwandan genocide? In the aftermath of colonialism, how should Christians engage the social systems of which we are a part?