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_bM36 2020
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100 1 _aMaoz, Zeev,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aScriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics
_bReligious Sources of Conflict and Cooperation in the Modern Era /
_cZeev Maoz and Errol A. Henderson.
264 1 _bUniversity of Michigan Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aReligion and world politics--theory and evidence -- Scholarship on religion and world politics : a critical review of the literature -- Religion and world politics : an integrated theoretical perspective -- The religious landscape of the world 1945-2010 -- Religion and international conflict -- Religion and international cooperation -- Religion and civil war -- Religion and quality of life -- Conclusion: The complex role of religion in world politics.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _a"The effect of religious factors on politics has been a key issue since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent rise of religious terrorism. However, the systematic investigations of these topics have focused primarily on the effects of religion on domestic and international conflict. Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics offers a comprehensive evaluation of the role of religion in international relations, broadening the scope of investigation to such topics as the relationship between religion and cooperation, religion and conflict, and the relationship between religion and the quality of life. Religion is often manipulated by political elites to advance their principal goal of political survival. Zeev Maoz and Errol A. Henderson find that no specific religion is either consistently more bellicose or consistently more cooperative than other religions. However, religious similarity between states tends to reduce the propensity of conflict and increase the opportunity for security cooperation. The authors find a significant relationship between secularism and human security"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aWorld politics.
650 0 _aReligion and politics.
650 0 _aReligion and international relations.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aHenderson, Errol Anthony,
_eauthor.
776 1 8 _iOnline version:
_tScriptures, shrines, scapegoats, and world politics
_dAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020
_z9780472901234
_w(DLC) 2019052072
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/73721/
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