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Religion and Post-Conflict Statebuilding: Roman Catholic and Sunni Islamic Perspectives

By Denis Dragovic

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137455144, 9781137455147
Google Books ID
ZNK_BwAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2516232 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
Pages
xviii+192\211
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-05-09 19:05:34
Catholicism Mariology Popes the Vatican Roman Sain

Description

Was religion a friend or foe in the post-conflict statebuilding endeavours of Iraq and Afghanistan? An under-explored area in academia and policy circles alike, religious institutions are important non-state actors that wield considerable influence and can draw upon extensive resources. In this book, Dragovic considers how the unique traits of religious institutions can make or break statebuilding efforts. But understanding how religious institutions can contribute does not explain why they would. Drawing from the theologies of Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam the book diverges from traditional approaches such as rational choice theory and instead embraces a teleological view recognizing the importance of belief in understanding a religious institution's motivations. Using the author's extensive experience as a practitioner, it then applies theory and theology to the practical case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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