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Eastern Orthodox Perspectives on Violence

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In the post-communist era from 1989 onwards, Eastern Europe has seen a number of conflicts between various national, political, and, to a large extent, religious groups. A common theme throughout all of these conflicts has been the crucial role that religion—often Eastern Orthodox Christianity—and nationalism have played (see Merdjanova, 2000; Payne, 2007).

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Saggau, E.B.H. (2017). Eastern Orthodox Perspectives on Violence. In: Aslan, E., Hermansen, M. (eds) Religion and Violence . Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18302-8_6

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