Ethnicity and Religion
ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ETHNIC CONFLICT, K. Cordell, S. Wolff, eds., Routledge, 2010
26 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2012
Date Written: July 1, 2009
Abstract
Religiously-informed conflicts have become increasingly prominent throughout the world and an increasing focus of scholarly attention. This article looksat how the existing literature deals with the following questions: Is religiously-informed conflict distinctive in form and dynamics? Do specific religions incline towards specific forms of group identity and conflict? Are religiously-defined groups-in-conflict different from ethnic groups-in-conflict? How far does the historic sequencing of state-building, nation-building and confessionalization affect the ways ethnicity and religion intersect? What specific resources are associated with ethnic and with religious solidarity? What happens where ethnic and religious boundaries coincide? In such cases, how are ethnicity and religion distinguished or merged in interaction and everyday understanding? Does religion provide specific resources for conflict resolution?
Keywords: ethnicity, religion, religious conflicts, intersectionality, boundaries
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