01493nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000160005802000180007402000180009204000060011005000250011610000200014124500810016126000380024230000230028050505040030352003090080763000400111665000340115665000450119065100280123520170505163234.0170505b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a1854247174  a9781854247179 a9780825460913 c. aBL 65 .F67bG85 2005 aGuillebaud, Meg aAfter the Locusts: How Costly Forgiveness is Restoring Rwanda's Stolen Years aOxford: b Monarch Books,c 2005. a207 pages; c20 cm aWith divine help, ordinary human beings are able to forgive the most appalling harm. God is beginning to restore the years that the locusts have eaten. Meg tells story after story of moments of extraordinary grace and reconciliation. A growing body of people have discovered healing for their pain at the cross of Christ. They are forgiving those who caused them unbelievable harm. Only in such changed hearts is there hope, and the possibility that the cycle of hatred and vengeance will be broken. aThe need to forgive -- The roots of prejudice -- False ideas about forgiveness -- What is true forgiveness? -- Transactions at the cross -- Standing in the gap -- Forgiveness and the law -- Forgiveness and rape -- Forgiveness and anger -- Conflict resolution -- Repentance + forgiveness = reconciliation. lAtrocities.xHistory zRwanday1994 a Forgiveness vChristianity.  aReconciliation vSocial aspectsz Rwanda aRwanda. xChristianity