THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE WORK OF THE DIPLOMAT DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
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28 March 2026
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15 July 2015
Abstract
THE PERSONALITY AND WORK OF THE SWEDISH DIPLOMAT DAG HAMMARSJKOLD (1905 -1961) – THE SECOND UN SECRETARY -GENERAL, FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE RIKSBANK (THE BANK OF SWEDEN) AND ACTIVIS T FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AMONG THE UN MEMBRE STATES, WHO DIED TRAFICALLY IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1960, WHEN HE WAS TRAVELLING FOR SOLUTIONATE THE CONGO CRISE, ARE UNFORTUNATELY LITTLE KONWN IN THE FIELD OF BOTH ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC THEOLOGY. NEITHER A RE HIS IDEAS PROPERLY VALORIZED, DESPITE THEIR IMPORTANCE, TOUCHING UPON POLITICAL, DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC ANT THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS. IN THIS CONTEXT, THIS PAPER AIMS HIGHLIGHTING THE INTERWINING THEOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL ELEMENTS IN HIS WORK AND LIFE. THUS, WE SHALL RECREATE IN A HOLISTIC MANNER HIS BODY OF WORK AN ACTIVITY. TO THIS INTENT, WE SHALL ANALYTE BOTH HIS WORK, ESPECLIALLY HIS BOOK MARKINGS, BUT NOT ONLY, ANT THE FEW RESEARCH PAPERS WHICC TACKLE HIS WRITINGS AND ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, WE SHALL TRY TO OBSERVE THE UTILITY OF HIS IDEAS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE RESPONSE OF THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
Keywords
UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION
MARKINGS
CONGO CRISE
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