From UN Safe Havens to Sacred Spaces: Contributions of Religious Sodalities to Peace Building and Reconciliation in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stephen R. Goodwin

DOI:10.3366/SWC.2003.9.2.171

Corpus ID: 143862779

From UN Safe Havens to Sacred Spaces: Contributions of Religious Sodalities to Peace Building and Reconciliation in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

@article{Goodwin2003FromUS,
  title={From UN Safe Havens to Sacred Spaces: Contributions of Religious Sodalities to Peace Building and Reconciliation in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina},
  author={Stephen R. Goodwin},
  journal={Studies in World Christianity},
  year={2003},
  volume={9},
  pages={171-188}
}

Stephen R. Goodwin
Published 2003
Sociology
Studies in World Christianity

Bosnian academic Muhammed Filipovic has astutely remarked, ‘Literature has caused more evil to Bosnia than all the occupational armies’ (Murvar, 1989: 141). His prescient comment draws back the curtain on the Balkan mythic consciousness, revealing a side to recent conflicts little known in Western Europe and the Americas. A closer look at the religio-mythical elements of the conflict reveals the intrinsic relationship religion has to national identity formation and differentiation, and provides… Expand

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