Religion and Conflict Attribution: An Empirical Study of the Religious Meaning System of Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India

by Carl Sterkens, Christiaan (Chris) Hermans, Francis-Vincent Anthony

Religion can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution seeks to clarify the causes of religious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college students in Tamil Nadu, India. These students in varying degrees attribute conflict to force-driven causes, namely to coercive power as a means of achieving the economic, political or socio-cultural goals of religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004270817
• ISBN13: 9789004270817
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"