In the past fifty years, the study of religion and violence has grown exponentially. One reason for this is obvious:…
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Buddhists, Time, and religious unrest in Burma
At Religion Dispatches, Alan Senauke writes about Time magazine's July 1st issue and its consequences in Burma.
Contextualising Jihadi Thought
In the recent publication, Contextualising Jihadi Thought, editors Jeevan Deol and Zaheer Kazmi compile cross-disciplinary analysis on the concept of…
Blurring the boundaries
Four guided missiles packed with explosive material hurtled into the morning sky. Though the day was brilliant blue and cloudless,…
Intolerance in Indonesia
Last week at The New York Times, human rights advocate Benedict Rogers wrote an op-ed piece on the state of religious relations in…
Religious conflict in Nigeria?
At GlobalPost, Heather Murdock explains that, for locals, conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" is not entirely about religion.