Religion Misused by Serbs and Croats

This research concentrates on the Christian and Orthodox religion among the Serbs and Croats in former Yugoslavia and how it contributed to the outbreak of the Serbo-Croat war in 1992. This is done by assessing the main ways in which religion was abused and twisted to raise anger, fear, and enmity b...

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Main Author: Torlo, Maja (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: George Fox University 2014
In: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2014, Volume: 34, Issue: 5, Pages: 12-23
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