1194155
9789053833841
Medjugorje, fifteen years ago an out-of-the-way peasant village in Bosnia Hercegovina, is today a Marian devotion centre of global repute. Based on some ten years of fieldwork in the region, the author gives a detailed account of that transformation process, in which religion, politics and violence are closely intertwined. Adopting a long-term historical approach the description also open up surprisingly new perspectives on today's problems and atrocities in Bosnia Hercegovina.Bax, Mart is the author of 'Medjugorje Religion, Politics, and Violence in Rural Bosnia' with ISBN 9789053833841 and ISBN 9053833846.
[read more]