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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Religious violence"”.
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Support for ethno-religious violence in Indonesia
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Between Law and Justice: Kant, Derrida, and Religious Violence
… a number of approaches to the issue of religious violence are already available for academic consumption, this study attempts to approach the problem of the violent tension between religious principles and secular socio-political realities from a new perspective. We argue that religious …
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A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
… sociologically examines the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization. Chapter 2 begins with an analysis of the theories of religious violence in general. This chapter presents the theories which emphasize the rationality of religious violence: the rational choice theory …
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The inevitable clash? Inter-religious violence and local power-sharing in Nigeria
… of states in the international system. Inter-religious violence, in particular, and the politicization of new forms of resurgent religion are now a major challenge. Not all religiously pluralistic communities witness violence, however: what explains why inter-religious violence breaks out in …
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Terrorism in Nigeria: a study of Boko Haram religious violence in North East Nigeria
… strong Islamic belief stemming from the frequent religious upsurge in the area. The impact of Boko-Haram on national development was negative as the insurgency affected food security, disrupted educational activities, scuttled industrial development, putting domestic and foreign investment in …
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The barzakh and the bardo: challenges to religious violence in Sufism and Vajrayana Buddhism
In the twenty-first century, religious violence has become endemic in our world. Scholars are divided on the true motivations for such violence, however. While some perceive inherent incitements to violence embedded in religion itself, others blame other factors—primarily, competition for …
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An analysis of trauma resilience among Hausa young people affected by ethno-religious violence in Jos.
… of Hausa young people in the Jos ethno-religious crisis. It sought to answer the following research question: is there evidence of trauma resilience among the Hausa young people in Jos? If established, further enquiry into the methods employed by the social organisation to make its young …
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An analysis of trauma resilience among Hausa young people affected by ethno-religious violence in Jos.
… of Hausa young people in the Jos ethno-religious crisis. It sought to answer the following research question: is there evidence of trauma resilience among the Hausa young people in Jos? If established, further enquiry into the methods employed by the social organisation to make its young …
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The causes of religious wars : holy nations, sacred spaces, and religious revolutions
… role as a motivating and legitimating force for violence against the US. The unwritten assumption is that there is something about Islam that makes it bloodier and more violence-prone than other religions. This dissertation seeks to investigate this assertion by considering incidents of …
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SUNNI AND SHI’I SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (2003- 2005): IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE
… Iraqi constitution and the following elections. Religious violence is nothing new, and in fact it often has little to do with religion itself; rather it’s a question of political and identity representation and identifies religious violence as a tool to gain power; it is through this lens that …
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Three Essays In The Sociology Of Violence: Repertoire Paralysis, Localized Diffusion, And Emotional Interventions In De-Escalation
… dissertation apply a micro-first sociology of violence to three topics operating at several different timescales–decades, years, days, and minutes. The first paper considers the evolution of collective violence over fifty years. This study asks whether the emergent nature of violence prevents …
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The Prospects of Interfaith Dialogue in the Light and Teachings of the Second Vatican Council: Contextual Implications for Christians and Muslims in Nigeria.
… continues to struggle with the problem of religious crisis. The history of religious violence/conflicts in Nigeriais traced to 1953 in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State. It was among the settlers of the town, (the indigenous Sayawa people and the Hausa-Fulani community) on Land related issue. …
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Understanding Boko Haram
… first focuses on ideas of Islamic extremism and religious violence, explaining the insurgency as an outgrowth of an ideology. The second uses theories of relative deprivation and frustration-aggression to find motivation in the harsh socioeconomic reality faced by the majority of people in …
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The contribution of African Theological Voices, including Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, Aquiline Tarimo and Desmond Mpilo Tutu to a renewed Theology of Peacebuilding.
… and political power tussle leads to violence. Most religious believers are challenged in a special way by the disturbing way religion is being manipulated to serve the cause of violent nationalism and ethnic conflict in many countries. For Eghosa E. Osaghae “Religion and ethnic based …
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A Theological Analysis of Confessional-Centric Curriculum of Christian Religious Education: Towards an Inclusive Religious Pluralistic Centered Curriculum for Nigeria Colleges of Education
… and unity despite the multi ethnic and multi religious composition of Nigeria, remain ideals that are constant in the nation’s Constitution. However, accruable benefits of a culturally and religiously pluralistic society have continued to elude Nigeria due to incessant religious violence …
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Commerce and coexistence: Muslims in the economy and society of Norman Sicily.
… could continue, even with the backdrop of inter-religious violence. Even the rising level of tension between Muslims and Christians could not end their mutually beneficial cross-cultural interactions. Because of these conditions in Norman Sicily, this dissertation proposes that it can serve as a …
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Building the 'Sri Lankan nation' through education: The identity politics of teaching history in a multicultural post-war society
… in Sri Lanka?; 2) How is the ethnic and religious diversity which characterises the Sri Lankan nation being dealt with through history education?; and 3) How are Sri Lankan youth being aided in understanding the sensitive matters which impeded the nation building exercise in the recent …
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Beyond the Sipahs, Jaishs and Lashkars. Sectarian Violence in Pakistan as Reproduction of Exclusivist Sectarian Discourse.
… project examines sectarianism and sectarian violence in Pakistan between 1996-2005. It represents a departure from the security-focused research on sectarianism and provides contemporary analysis of sectarian violence by contextualising it. This thesis distinguishes sectarianism as an …
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The End of Civilizations: The Role of Religion in the Evolution of Subnational Conflict, 1946-2007
… show that conflict between groups of dissimilar religious beliefs is more likely to escalate to violence than that occurring between civilizational groupings, especially after the end of the Cold War.</p> <p>This study covers nearly 200 countries during the period 1946-2007, including those …
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