1st Edition
War and Religion in the Secular Age Faith and Interstate Armed Conflict Onset
By Davis Brown
Copyright 2020
248 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Is religion a factor in initiating interstate armed conflict, and do different religions have different effects? Breaking new ground in political science, this book explores these questions both qualitatively and quantitively, concluding that the answer is yes. Previous studies have focused on conflict within states or interstate aggression with overtly religious motivations; in contrast,... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: How Religious War Ethics Translate to State Action
Chapter 3: Research Design, Independent Variable, and Preliminary Results
Chapter 4: The Restrictive War Ethic in Christianity
Chapter 5: The Permissive War Ethic in Islam
Chapter 6: The Bi-Modal War Ethic in Buddhism
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Biography
Davis Brown is a Senior Research Associate at the Association of Religion Data Archives, a Non-Resident Fellow at Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion, and is co-Principal Investigator of the Religious Characteristics of States dataset project.
