Conflict and Peace

Svensson, Isak

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31395-5_23

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“…We included empirical journal articles that use statistical methods for analyses, that is, quantitative studies, that examine relations between an independent variable measuring a dimension of religion, that is, religious ideas, identities, practices, actors, and institutions, and a dependent variable measuring an element of interreligious peace, that is, interreligious physical violence, hostile attitudes, threat perceptions, cooperation, and trust. These parameters imply that we exclude literature on the role of religious actors in peacebuilding processes like mediation processes (e.g., Johnstone and Svensson, 2013) as well as the role of religion for non-violent protest movements (Svensson, 2016). Peacebuilding and non-violent protests are conceptually distinct from interreligious peace as our key dependent variable of interest.…”

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“…Current literature on religion, peace, and conflict, however, is mostly concerned with the study of violent conflict and the role of religion in peacebuilding processes (for an overview, see, e.g., Svensson, 2016). Interreligious peace has scarcely been studied, despite a growing body of empirical work investigating interreligious physical violence Kim and Choi, 2017).…”

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What do we know about religion and interreligious peace? A review of the quantitative literature

Köbrich,

Hoffmann

2023

Politics and Religion

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Interreligious relations remain an important dimension of human coexistence and we currently observe an increase in religiously motivated violence and discrimination. Hence, we need to better understand determinants of interreligious peace. Building on a new concept of interreligious peace which includes but exceeds the absence of interreligious physical violence, we provide a systematic review of 83 quantitative empirical studies examining religious determinants of interreligious physical violence, hostile attitudes, threat perceptions, trust, and cooperation. We find that religious ideas foster or hinder interreligious peace depending on their content. Religious identities have negative effects but must be considered in context. Evidence regarding the role of religious practice is mixed and the role of religious actors and institutions remains understudied. Our results show the need for (1) more conceptual clarity, (2) replications in different contexts, (3) research on dimensions of religion beyond identities, and (4) a better integration of different strands of literature.

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