The ambivalence of Medjugorje: the dynamics of violence, peace, and nationalism at a Catholic pilgrimage site during the Bosnian war (1992-1995)
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Wiinikka-Lydon, Joseph
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2010
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12
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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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Wiinikka-Lydon, Joseph. (2010), The ambivalence of Medjugorje: the dynamics of violence, peace, and nationalism at a Catholic pilgrimage site during the Bosnian war (1992-1995). Journal of Religion & Society, 12.
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University
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1522-5658