Paths to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in South Sudan
Patterns of Cooperation between the Churches, African Indigenous Religions, and the State
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South Sudanese around the world celebrated the birth of a new nation in July 2011, after more than two decades of the destructive Second Sudanese War. It marked the dawn of a new era for South Sudanese people and their friends. However, the excitement was short-lived because the ruling political elites plunged the country into another civil war before its third anniversary of independence. Paths to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in South Sudan examines the factors that led to a new civil war in an independent South Sudan. It argues that the churches failed to use their privileged position in society to convince political elites to stop the war. The church leadership adopted an “observatory status” following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, thereby allowing political elites to engage in corrupt practices without anyone to confront them. The book seeks to draw South Sudanese attention to these failures and to encourage lasting peace.