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Throughout the twentieth century and into the early years of the new millennium, peace and harmony appear to have eluded the human community across the diversity of cultures and nations. Many communities and individuals across the generations have had to contend with horrific experiences of destruction and devastation. The sufferings unleashed upon so many societies through the waging of World War I and then World War II appear to have been matched by numerous other smaller conflicts that involve weapons and armory and the loss of human life. Has there ever been a time in the last century when there was a total absence of armed conflict for all the peoples of the world?
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Fitz-Herbert, J.F. (2014). Ritual, in the Healing of Memories. In: Havea, J. (eds) Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology. Postcolonialism and Religions. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137426673_7
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