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State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding

By Tale Steen-Johnsen (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2017
ISBN
978-1-137-59389-4, 978-1-137-59390-0
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59390-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1873896 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
Edition
1
Pages
X, 219\225
Time added
2017-04-19 23:43:53
Peace Studies

Description

In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a vested interest in keeping social and religious movements under control, which limits the opportunities religious leaders have to diminish violent conflicts between religious groups. This volume offers empirical examples of these connections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania. It is valuable resource for both scholars and development practitioners interested in how politics and religion become conflated when religious actors engage to build peace.

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