Post-War Reflections on the Ambon War: Causes, Justifications and Miracles in Christian and Muslim Narratives

Between 1999 and 2004, with reverberations until 2011, several Moluccan islands (Indonesia) faced violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. Based on 79 interviews, this article seeks to understand how people from both religious groups look back at the conflict, 12 years after the Malino II pea...

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Authors: van Liere, Lucien (Author) ; van Dis, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Exchange
Year: 2018, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 372-399
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Ambon Christian-Muslim relations conflict interpretations community theory justifications miracles visions
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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