Goodwin, Stephen R. (2005) Fractured Land, Healing Nations: A Contextual Analysis of the Role of Religious Faith Sodalities Towards Peace-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Doctoral thesis, The University of Edinburgh.
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This thesis addresses the role of religion(s) in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the wider context of the emergent states of the former Yugoslavia. The thesis argues that although religion has been used to promote nationalist ideologies and the cause of war, it also can be a positive force for building peace. The thesis further argues that the religious dimension includes the element of myth in the self-understanding of the Serbs, Bosnjaks and Croats, and seeks to account for the influence of their myths in creating ethno-religious conflict. The thesis argues that the Western structural and materialist approach to peace-building can be strengthened to address pressing inter-personal needs of society more effectively by engaging the moral and ethical resources that religion - with all its known difficulties in the region - has the potential to contribute. The thesis will offer a critical evaluation of interventionist efforts of the international community towards peace-building, taking account of the evidence that cessation of military hostilities is countered by modest results in restoring civil society. In light of this, the thesis examines the role of religious sodalities as locally-generated initiatives in peace-building that express the hopes of peoples of faith. It is argued that religion in this capacity complements, rather than substitutes, secular initiative.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Additional Information: | Published as a book with the same title by Peter Lang in 2006. |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Peacemaking and Reconciliation |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries > Bosnia and Herzegovina‎ |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2018 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2018 13:46 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1504 |
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