Religion, Intolerance, and Conflict: A Scientific and Conceptual Investigation
Steve Clarke, Russell Powell, and Julian Savulescu
Abstract
The relationship between religion, intolerance, and conflict has been the subject of intense discussion, particularly in the wake of the events of 9-11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism. The chapters in this book investigate the following themes: the role of religion in promoting social cohesion and the conditions under which it will tend to do so; the role of religion in enabling and exacerbating conflict between different social groups and the conditions under which it will tend to do so; and the policy responses that we may be able to develop to ameliorate violent conflict and the limits ... More
The relationship between religion, intolerance, and conflict has been the subject of intense discussion, particularly in the wake of the events of 9-11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism. The chapters in this book investigate the following themes: the role of religion in promoting social cohesion and the conditions under which it will tend to do so; the role of religion in enabling and exacerbating conflict between different social groups and the conditions under which it will tend to do so; and the policy responses that we may be able to develop to ameliorate violent conflict and the limits to compromise between different religions. The book also contains two commentaries that distil, synthesize, and critically evaluate key aspects of the individual chapters and central themes that run throughout the volume.
Keywords:
religion,
intolerance,
conflict,
9-11,
terrorism,
social cohesion,
policy responses,
social groups
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199640911 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2013 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640911.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Steve Clarke, editor
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia and Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.
Russell Powell, editor
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Boston University
Julian Savulescu, editor
Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
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