Essays about: "Religious conflict"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 86 essays containing the words Religious conflict.

1. 16. Fear Ends Where Faith Begins : A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Religion in Armed Conflict on Violence Against Civilians

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Marina Matic; [2022]
   Keywords : religious armed conflict; violence against civilians; one-sided violence; conflict-related sexual violence;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to observe and analyze the effects of religious dimensions in armed conflict on violence against civilians. Focusing on rebel groups in intra-state conflicts, quantitative statistical analysis in form of Ordinary Least Squares multivariate regression, is utilized to examine data onreligious wars, one-sided violence, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE

3. 17. Rum för kontemplation i staden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Frida Nilsson; Josefina Granberg; [2022]
   Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; kontemplation; transcendens; rum för eftertanke; Galatheas hage; Östra kyrkogården; Nordisk Djungel;

   Abstract : Det tycks bli allt svårare att hitta stunder i vardagslivet där en kan stanna upp, koppla från och koppla av från alla de krav och intryck som stadens höga tempo utgör i dagens moderna samhälle. Med rådande brist på grönområden, börjar allt fler platser för stillhet och reflektion försvinna till fördel för ”multifunktionella” miljöer. READ MORE

4. 18. Conducting interreligious peacebuilding in sectarian societies: Experiences from Lebanon

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isak Lundholm; [2022]
   Keywords : Intergroup contact theory; peacebuilding; Lebanon; Sectarianism; Interreligious di-alogue; post-conflict societies; Middle East;

   Abstract : Interreligious peacebuilding is one of the oldest methods used in peacebuilding around the world, as religion is often one key factor in war and used both to fuel conflicts or to promote peace and co-existence. However, the use of interreligious dialogue in post-conflict societies is still not fully understood and researcher has still not encapsulated its different components. READ MORE

5. 19. Conflict in Central Asia - A Soviet Affair

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hugo Axelsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Soviet Union; Central Asia; relative deprivation; state coercion; historical legacies; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union, two prominent Islamic groups, the IMU in Uzbekistan and the IRPT in Tajikistan, took to arms against their governments. To explain the contexts of these movements, this thesis utilises historical legacy theory to establish a continuity between the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes, which together with relative deprivation theory can explain why violent religious conflicts arose in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR. READ MORE

6. 20. Aragalaya - Stories about unity and conflicts in a crisis-hit Sri Lanka

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Amie Modin-Lundin; [2022]
   Keywords : Sri Lanka; Aragalaya; unity; conflict; religion; ethnicity; culture; minorities; democracy; protests; economic crisis.;

   Abstract : Abstract   Sri Lanka battled a civil war for 26 years during a time when the majoritarian rule discriminated and marginalized Tamils from the rest of the society; the war ended in 2009 but numerous societal problems remained in the country. The Easter bombings in 2019 took the lives of 269 people, once again ethno-nationalistic powers and politics became of great importance within the country’s political sphere. READ MORE