This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion
and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject's most …

" How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic
conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why …

The links between environmental degradation, renewable resource scarcity, and conflict are
still poorly understood. One reason for this is the positivist–rationalist bias which is …

How and under what conditions do religious factors explain the militarization of interstate
territorial disputes? We argue that inconclusive findings in previous studies stem from …

The relationship between civil war and religion is a complex one. Civil wars are influenced
in many different ways by religiously based factors. Different religiously based factors …

A novel analysis that combines traditional theories on anti-Semitism with evidence from 76
nations to explain the determinants that drive discrimination against Jews. Why Do People …

This article investigates how and when regime transitions intensify minority discrimination
through an analysis of two types of religious persecution following the Arab uprisings. We …

Instrumentalist understandings of the role of religion in violent conflicts are now
conventional, and yet religious instrumentalism remains only weakly conceptualized. This …

The prevalence of Islamist armed conflicts is an important problem of our time. One pivotal
question that remains unexplored is whether conflicts fought over Islamist claims are more or …

What is the role of religious identity in states' decisions to intervene in foreign conflicts?
Existing scholarship on external interventions in armed conflict pays little attention to …