`Ours is the Way of God': Religion, Identity, And Intergroup Conflict

Seul, Jeffrey R.

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“…26. Authors testing both at the interstate and intrastate levels do find some association between religion and conflict, but their theoretical expectations differ from Huntington's (Ellingsen, 2000;Henderson, 1997;Seul, 1999;Tusicisny, 2004). Many scholars studying the subnational effect of religion hold that the content of religion is exogenous to the root causes of domestic political conflict (Chiozza, 2002;Henderson & Singer, 2000;Petito & Hatzopoulos, 2003;Russett, Oneal, & Cox, 2000;Varshney, 2002;Wilkinson, 2004).…”

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Religion and Coalition Politics

Birnir

Satana

2012

Comparative Political Studies

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The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued importance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the distance argument is worrisome for minorities seeking political access because many minorities are of different religion than the majority representatives forming coalitions. The authors suggest plurality parties' objectives to demonstrate inclusiveness outweigh the concern over policy distance. They test their hypotheses on a sample of all electorally active ethnic minorities in democracies from 1945 to 2004. The authors find support for their hypothesis that ethnic parties representing minorities that diverge in religious family from the majority are more likely to be included in governing coalitions than are ethnic minorities at large. It is interesting, however, that they also find that minority parties representing ethnic groups that differ in denomination from the majority are less likely to be included in governing coalitions.

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Religion and Coalition Politics

Birnir

Satana

2012

Comparative Political Studies

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“…"Tense" inter-religious relations, for example, indicate that socio-psychological in-and out-group dynamics have already materialized in the sense that they already matter for political conflict (e.g. Seul 1999). …”

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Do Religious Factors Impact Armed Conflict? Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

Basedau

Strüver

Vüllers

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Terrorism and Political Violence

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Theoretically, the "mobilization hypothesis" establishes a link between religion and conflict by arguing that religious structures such as overlapping ethnic and religious identities are prone to mobilization; once politicized, escalation to violent conflict becomes likelier. Yet, despite the religious diversity in sub-Saharan Africa and the religious overtones in a number of African armed conflicts, this assumption has not yet been backed by systematic empirical research on the religion-conflict nexus in the region. The following questions thus remain: Do religious factors significantly impact the onset of (religious) armed conflict? If so, do they follow the logic of the mobilization hypothesis and, if yes, in which way? To answer these questions, this paper draws on a unique data inventory of all sub-Saharan countries for the pe-

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“…Despite the many religiously diverse societies south of the Sahara and the religious overtones Variable/Year 199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001 …”

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Cutting Bread or Cutting Throats? Findings from a New Database on Religion, Violence and Peace in Sub‐Saharan Africa, 1990 to 2008

2011

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Despite the religious diversity in sub-Saharan Africa and the religious overtones in a number of African conflicts, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in Africa. This paper presents an innovative data inventory on religion and violent conflict in all sub-Saharan countries for the period 1990-2008 that seeks to contribute to filling the gap. The data underscore that religion has to be accounted for in conflict in Africa. Moreover, results show the multidimensionality (e.g. armed conflicts with religious incompatibilities, several forms of non-state religious violence) and ambivalence (inter-religious networks, religious peace initiatives) of religion vis-à-vis violence. In 22 of the 48 sub-Saharan countries, religion plays a substantial role in violence, and six countries in particular-Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda-are heavily affected by different religious aspects of violence.

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`Ours is the Way of God': Religion, Identity, And Intergroup Conflict

Cited by 259 publications

References 6 publications

Religion and Coalition Politics

Religion and Coalition Politics

Do Religious Factors Impact Armed Conflict? Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

Cutting Bread or Cutting Throats? Findings from a New Database on Religion, Violence and Peace in Sub‐Saharan Africa, 1990 to 2008

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