Religions as Loci of Conflict Prevention: Local Capacities of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Religious Communities

Conflict and coexistence remain in a tense balance in the Western Balkans. Latent conflict, in which one’s ethno-religious community denotes which side you are on, persist after the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. These frozen and potential lines of conflict were laid decades and centuries ago, when...

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Main Author: Funk, Julianne 1975- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: George Fox University 2019
In: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 5, Pages: 118-127
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