RELIGION IN CONFLICTS AND POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES
The case studies will provide the empirical basis for the bulk of our analysis, and for developing our framework for understanding the role of religion in post-conflict contexts. The case studies will be chosen in order to gain the broadest possible perspectives, including examples from the so-called world religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity), some indigenous and some new religions, such as Baha’i or the AUM. The case studies will include intra-religious and inter-religious conflicts, and will have a wide geographical sweep ranging from Northern Ireland, Southeast Europe, the reconciliation processes in Europe, Turkey, and Japan after World War II, and post-dictatorship and post-genocide reconciliation processes. Special attention will be paid to the issue of memory and its healing as well as of the culture of commemoration. Questions of trauma and forgiveness will be addressed by psychologists. All case studies will be directed by social scientists using empirical and ethnographic methods. They will work closely with scholars of religion and history who will examine the religious ideas that are dominant amongst religious actors in each case.
Teams and partners
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Theological faculty, Jena (D), Proff. Martin Leiner
- Université catholique de Louvain, Faculté de théologie, Louvain-Ia-Neuve (B), Dr. Benoît Bourgine
- Université Miséricorde, Faculté de théologie, Fribourg (CH), Prof. Barbara Hallensleben
- University of Athens, School of Theology, Athens (GR), Prof. Konstantinos Delikostatis
- Faculty of Romanian-orthodox theology, Sibiu (RO), Prof. Dorin Oancea
- Ankara Üniversitesi, ilahiyat Fakültesi, Ankara (TR), Prof. Cemal Tosun
- Islam Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM), Istanbul (TR), Dr. Adnan Aslan
- Universtiy of Florida, Gainesville (USA), Prof. Vashuda Narayanan
- Ryukoku-University, Jodo Shinshu Studies, Kyoto (J), Prof. Takada Shinryo & Martin Repp
Bibliography
The Bibliographies of the four fields supplement each other, which means, that the list in each part focusses on the specific subject of this field. For an overall view please look at the other Bibliographies as well.
