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Record Nr.

UNINA9910377435203321

Autore

Maoz Zeev

Titolo

Scriptures, shrines, scapegoats, and world politics : religious sources of conflict and cooperation in the modern era / / Zeev Maoz and Errol A. Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Michigan : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

9780472126439

0472126431

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457)

Classificazione

POL000000POL011000

Disciplina

201/.727

Soggetti

Religion and international relations

Religion and politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-418) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Chapter 1. Religion and world politics - theory and evidence -- ; Chapter 2. Scholarship on religion and world politics: a critical review of the literature -- ; Chapter 3. Religion and world politics: an integrated theoretical perspective -- ; Chapter 4. Religious landscape of the world 1945-2010 -- ; Chapter 5. Religion and international conflict -- ; Chapter 6. Religion and international cooperation -- ; Chapter 7. Religion and civil war -- ; Chapter 8. Religion and quality of life -- ; Chapter 9. Conclusion: the complex role of religion in world politics.

Sommario/riassunto

The effect of religious factors on politics has been a key issue since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent rise of religious terrorism. However, the systematic investigations of these topics have focused primarily on the effects of religion on domestic and international conflict. Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politicsoffers a comprehensive evaluation of the role of religion in international relations, broadening the scope of investigation to such topics as the relationship between religion and cooperation, religion and conflict, and the relationship between religion and the quality of life. Religion is often manipulated by political elites to advance their principal goal of political survival. Zeev Maoz and Errol A. Henderson find that no



specific religion is either consistently more bellicose or consistently more cooperative than other religions. However, religious similarity between states tends to reduce the propensity of conflict and increase the opportunity for security cooperation. The authors find a significant relationship between secularism and human security.