Religion, Social Memory and Conflict
Author | : Sandra Milena Rios Oyola |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2015-06-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137461841 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137461845 |
Rating | : 4/5 (845 Downloads) |
Download or read book Religion, Social Memory and Conflict written by Sandra Milena Rios Oyola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies how religion influences the way people in Colombia remember a massacre of 79 civilians that occurred in a Catholic church in 2002. It analyses how strategies of memorialisation are part of religious peacebuilding initiatives that aim to resist and denounce crimes against human, ethnic, cultural and economic rights.