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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Religious conflict"”.
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The potential for religious conflict in the United States Military
… presidential election seemed to signal growing religious fervor across the political spectrum. Members of the media and pollsters alike were left wondering what went on inside the voting booth. Religion has long played a role in American politics, dating back to the Constitution of the United …
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The Evolution of Thought: The Development and Motivation of Religious Conflict Between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula From 711-1609
This thesis asserts that the policies of religious intolerance in late fifteenth century Iberian Peninsula were a product of many external forces and indeed were a microcosm of the entire Mediterranean world at the time. They were not the consequence of isolation and local oppression, though this …
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Religiosity and Aggression in College Students.
… The results revealed that: (A) high scores of Religious Conflict and Hostility to Church yielded higher scores of aggression, (B) high scores of Religious Orthodoxy, Religious Solace and Religious Tranquility yielded lower scores of aggression, (C) high scores of Religious Conflict and …
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Filid, Fairies and Faith: The Effects of Gaelic Culture, Religious Conflict and the Dynamics of Dual Confessionalisation on the Suppression of Witchcraft Accusations and Witch-Hunts in Early Modern Ireland, 1533 – 1670
… and the ongoing conditions of open, inter-religious conflict. In particular, two artifacts of Gaelic Irish culture had distinct impact upon Irish witchcraft beliefs. The office of the Poet, or fili (singular for filid), seems to have had a similar impact upon Gaelic culture and society as …
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Taking Terrorists at Their Word: Testing the Co-Religionist Hypothesis in Islamic State Propaganda
… dissertation operates on the idea that, as conflict researchers, we can look to Islamic State’s (referred to from here on as ‘Daesh’) own recruitment propaganda to identify the best people to counter Daesh’s violent rhetoric. This project analyzes Daesh’s main print publication, …
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The man in the room : an anthology of short stories
… explore themes of race, xenophobia, class and religious conflict, all within the context of immigrant life in the United States, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Kenya. The book was written as a commentary on what life is like for African migrants living in the diaspora. This is a work of …
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In a Material World: Analyzing Religious Peacebuilding in Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina
… far more common than is intergroup or inter-religious conflict, there has been a rise in recent years in conflict framed in religious terms. Peace and development practitioners have, in response, become increasingly interested in engaging religion, in various ways, in peace and development …
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"Orixás do Dique": estudo sobre religião e espaço público em Salvador-Bahia
… It was also necessary to explore the religious conflict that proceeded from the evangelical criticism sent to the legislative council against the sculptures. Emphasizing the scale of the problems that the case evokes (such as spatial desacralization, the folklorization of …
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France, Spain, and the Persecution of Protestant Heresy: A Study in Contrast
… This study also explores the political and religious factors which allowed for the creation of an inquisition in Spain, yet prevented the French kings from installing a similar institution. This thesis addresses in detail the political and cultural factors that prevented the installation of …
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Religious pluralism and conflict as issues in religious education in Uganda
… complications raised in teaching a confessional Religious Education in a multi-religious context pertaining in Ugandan religiously founded public schools, government and private founded schools. The thesis contends that the introduction of Islam, Anglican and Roman Catholic Christian religious …
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Illustrating Islam: Comics as Dakwah and the Negotiation of Muslim Identity in Indonesia
… communicate Islamic values and address issues of religious intolerance and violence in Indonesia, particularly in the context of the country’s social and political transformations following the fall of the Suharto government in 1998. The subsequent decentralization of governance and accompanying …
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Conflict sensitivity and religious associations : an action research journey in Southeast Asia
… large proportion of associations that influence conflict unintentionally, as an externality produced during the pursuit of other goals. This emergent cluster of theory, which centers on the work of Robert Putnam and Ashutosh Varshney, tends to generalize the nature and causes of such …
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The Shi'a Muslims of the United Provinces of India, c 1890-1940
This dissertation examines religious, social and political change among the Shia Muslims of the United Provinces of colonial India, c. 1890-1940. Focusing especially, upon the towns of Lucknow and Amroha but discussing the region as a whole, it traces the formation of a community identity among …
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SUNNI AND SHI’I SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (2003- 2005): IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE
… becomes so intense the thought of losing this conflict is unimaginable, therefore manifesting in a conflict that cannot be solved by Western political means. Furthermore, this dissertation addresses the role secularism plays in drafting of the 2005 Iraqi constitution and the following …
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Contested Spaces: Protestantism in Oaxaca, 1920-1995
This study focuses on intra-village religious conflict stemming from Protestant conversion in Oaxaca. Protestant expansion is nowhere more visible than in southern Mexico. Of the southern states Oaxaca has the highest growth rate of Protestantism, increasing 531% between 1970 and 2000. From 2000 to …
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Heinrich Schutz and Rembrandt van Rijn: biblical illustrators
… Renaissance to the early Baroque, the continuing religious conflict of the Protestant Reformation, the rising influence of French classicism, and finally, the tragic events in each master's personal life. Stylistically, the music and painting of their early years typically show the exuberance and …
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Independent Internationalism and Nationalistic Pragmatism: The United States and Mexico Relations during the 1920s
… of foreigners in the economy and in religious matters. Despite their seemingly draconian nature, these new rules left room for negotiations. Three main issues influenced U.S.-Mexican relations. The rights of American oil companies in México were settled in 1923 through the Bucareli …
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Independent Internationalism and Nationalistic Pragmatism: The United States and Mexico Relations during the 1920s
… of foreigners in the economy and in religious matters. Despite their seemingly draconian nature, these new rules left room for negotiations. Three main issues influenced U.S.-Mexican relations. The rights of American oil companies in México were settled in 1923 through the Bucareli …
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