Global Violence: Some Thoughts on Hope and Change

In these early years of the new millennium the world finds itself in a new age of violence and terror. Acts of terrorism, the war in Iraq, and the ongoing post-colonial struggles have created a climate of unprecedented state legitimated and terrorist-based violence, where the emergence of new forms...

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Main Author: McPhillips, Kathleen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2005
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2005, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-34
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