Junior Scholarship on Religion and Conflict
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2021) | Viewed by 602
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The research program on religion and conflict, initiated in the late Cold War in response to events in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, became a mainstream subfield in response to terrorism, wars, and insurgencies of the early 21st century. The thinkers who launched this research agenda thirty and forty years ago, and who produced its first theories, are now senior scholars in their respective disciplines. It is time to create space for junior voices to introduce new questions, tools, and answers to the study of religion and conflict.
We invite junior scholars and scholars who are new to this field to submit innovative manuscripts on any aspect of conflict and religion, broadly construed. We encourage scholarship on understudied religious movements, underexplored forms of conflict (physical, legal, ideational, symbolic) or hitherto neglected parts of the globe. We also welcome analyses of familiar themes in the study of religion and conflict that employ cutting-edge evidence, theories, or analyses. We will consider submissions regardless of methodology or interdisciplinary orientation, but preference will be given to research that combines theoretical and empirical rigor, especially if it displays area studies expertise.
Prof. Dr. Ron E. Hassner
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- religion
- conflict
- violence
- war
- terror
- terrorism
- insurgency
- counterterrorism
- counterinsurgency
- genocide
- ethnic cleansing
- domestic violence
- disputes
- law
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