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Zur ambivalenten Rolle von Religion in afrikanischen Gewaltkonflikten

The ambivalent role of religion in violent conflicts in Africa
[research report]

Basedau, Matthias
Körner, Peter

Corporate Editor
Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung

Abstract

"Die Rolle von Religion in subsaharischen Gewaltkonflikten stellt ein weitgehend vernachlässigtes Forschungsfeld dar, besonders was generalisierende empirische Studien angeht. Eine von der DSF finanzierte Pilotstudie zur Ambivalenz von Religion in Gewaltkonflikten – der ein umfangreicheres Vorhaben ... view more

"Die Rolle von Religion in subsaharischen Gewaltkonflikten stellt ein weitgehend vernachlässigtes Forschungsfeld dar, besonders was generalisierende empirische Studien angeht. Eine von der DSF finanzierte Pilotstudie zur Ambivalenz von Religion in Gewaltkonflikten – der ein umfangreicheres Vorhaben folgen soll – näherte sich der Thematik zunächst auf Grundlage einer umfangreichen Bibliographie, der Würdigung des Forschungsstandes und der Entwicklung von Forschungshypothesen an. Mittels der Analyse von vier Variablenclustern, nämlich a) konfliktspezifischen Merkmalen (wie Dauer, Intensität, Konfliktprävalenz), b) klassischen risk factors (wie Armut, ethnische Zersplitterung, vorherige Konflikte), c) religionsdemographischen Merkmalen (wie Anteile und Polarisierungsgrad von Gruppen) und d) Variablen, welche die Rolle von Religion in Gewaltkonflikten beschreiben (wie religiös motivierte Gewalt- oder Friedensaufrufe/ Friedensinitiativen, Überlappung von religiösen Identitäten mit Konfliktlinien, Verbindungen von Konfliktparteien und religiösen Organisationen) wurden qualitative fact sheets für 28 Konfliktfälle erstellt und in einer Datenbank erfasst, um sie auch für Korrelationsanalysen und makroqualitative Vergleichsverfahren analysefähig zu machen.(...)" (Autorenreferat)... view less


"The role of religion in civil conflicts in Africa has been a neglected area of research, particularly in terms of a general empirical assessment. A pilot study on the ambivalence of religion in sub-saharan violent conflicts, funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research, aimed at systematicall... view more

"The role of religion in civil conflicts in Africa has been a neglected area of research, particularly in terms of a general empirical assessment. A pilot study on the ambivalence of religion in sub-saharan violent conflicts, funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research, aimed at systematically approaching the topic by compiling a comprehensive bibliography, by analyzing the state of the art and by developing hypotheses on the religionconflict- link. On this basis qualitative 'fact sheets' on the role of religion in 28 sub-Saharan violent conflicts after 1990 were created. Moreover, a formal database on religious factors in civil conflicts was compiled including four clusters of variables: a) conflict-specific variables such as intensity, duration, prevalence after 1990, b) religion-specific variables such as demographics, overlaps of identities and existence of interreligious networks, c) variables which describe the role of religion in conflict such as theological differences as partial conflict causes, the (de)escalating use of religion (incitement, legitimisation, involvement of religious actors vs. calls for peace and peace initiatives, organizational connections between religious and political actors) as well as d) classical 'risk factors' (low growth and income, natural ressources, prior conflict, ethnic fractionalization). (...) (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
multicultural society; peacekeeping; religious group; conflict structure; Africa; religious factors; religious conflict; propensity to violence; socioeconomic factors; disposition to conflict; conflict management; religion; Africa South of the Sahara

Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Religion

Method
qualitative empirical; empirical

Document language
German

Publication Year
2009

City
Osnabrück

Page/Pages
47 p.

Series
Forschung DSF, 18

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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