The ambivalence of Medjugorje: the dynamics of violence, peace, and nationalism at a Catholic pilgrimage site during the Bosnian war (1992-1995)
Focusing on the use of Marian imagery from Medjugorje during the Bosnian War (1992-1995), and employing R. Scott Appleby's use of the concept, sacred ambivalence, this essay will examine how a religious image proclaiming peace can also support violence and war. It will show that a Croat nationa...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Creighton University
2010
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The journal of religion & society
Année: 2010, Volume: 12 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Ambivalence B Violence; Religious aspects B Holy B Medjugorje (Bosnia and Hercegovina) B Yugoslav War B Nationalism; Religious aspects; Christianity B Crimes against humanity B Virgin; Appearances B 1991-1995 B Croats B Mary |
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| Résumé: | Focusing on the use of Marian imagery from Medjugorje during the Bosnian War (1992-1995), and employing R. Scott Appleby's use of the concept, sacred ambivalence, this essay will examine how a religious image proclaiming peace can also support violence and war. It will show that a Croat nationalist ideology at work during the war interpreted Mary's peace through a hermeneutic of violence, where violence was necessary to restore peace - defined under this ideology as a landscape of political, religious, and cultural homogeneity. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64592 |