In our special issue (no. 20) of the newsletter in February this year, we included an article by Oliver McTernan that discussed the role of religion and the responsibilities of religious leaders in relation to conflict. We indicated then that we would look forward to exploring these questions further and in this issue we have four articles on this theme: first Tony Kempster addresses the relationship between 'Religion and War'; then Abdulah Fetahovic examines the role of religious communities in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 'Responsibility - What is it?'; Goran Bozicevic considers 'The Pope's third visit to Croatia' and asks whether his message will be heeded; finally Roberta Bacic gives 'A brief testimony about the Chilean Churches' commitment to human rights during Pinochet's dictatorship' in an article reprinted from the July 2002 issue of The Anglican Peacemaker.
In addition we include an article by Andrew Rigby about return in Kosovo and some further thoughts on the subject by Howard Clark.
The Role of Religion in Conflict
Religion and War
by Dr Tony Kempster, General Secretary of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
Responsibility - what is it? -The role of religious communities in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995
by Abdulah Fetahovic, a trainer for non-violent communication, conflict resolution and leadership currently studying at Sarajevo University
The Pope's third visit to Croatia: Will his message be heeded?
by Goran Bozicevic, The Centre for Peace Studies, Zagreb
A brief testimony about the Chilean Churches' commitment to human rights during Pinochet's dictatorship
by Roberta Bacic, War Resistors International (and reproduced with thanks from the July 2002 issue of The Anglican Peacemaker)
Return in Kosovo
Impressions of Kosovo
by Andrew Rigby, Professor of Peace Studies and Director of the Centre for Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Coventry University
Return in Kosovo
by Howard Clark, author of 'Civil resistance in Kosovo' and other studies, who is currently working with civil society groups in Kosovo to facilitate the return of Serbs who fled the country. Here he makes some additional comments following on from Andrew Rigby's article above.
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