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Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mitja Velikonja has written a comprehensive survey that examines how religion has interacted with other aspects of Bosnia-Herzegovina's history. Velikonja sees the former Ottoman borderland as a distinct cultural and religious entity where three major faiths -- Islam, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Velikonja, Mitja (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rang'ichi, Ng'inja (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Slovenian
Publicado: College Station : TAMU Press [Imprint] Texas A&M University Press Feb. 2003
Colección:Eastern European Studies ; 23.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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