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Ron E. Hassner
"Holy places are uniquely powerful and valuable but also pose a unique indivisibility problem. They cannot be shared or divided as other territories would. Disputes over sacred places, such as…
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Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over religious sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes.
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In Religion on the Battlefield, Hassner focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who populate the…
A study of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of interrogational torture drawing on the archives of the Spanish Inquisition –
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How does religion affect the lives of professional soldiers? How does religion shape militaries, their organization, procedures, and performance? This volume is the first to address these questions by comparing…
This four-volume set organizes and contextualizes this burgeoning literature and its contribution to the study of international theory, focusing in particular on its influence in the subfield of war and…
The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. By looking at…
