Exploring Religious Conflict
Contributors: Gregory F. Treverton (Editor)
Publisher: Rand National Security Research Division
Published: August 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780833038043
Subjects: World politics; Religion and international affairs; Political; 21st century; Philosophy
First sentence: The numbers support what September 11th indicated so graphically: Religious conflicts have escalated dramatically since the onset of the Cold War.
Description: Reports the results of a workshop that brought together intelligence analysts and experts on religion with the goal of providing background and a framework of reference for assessing religious motivations in international politics and discovering what causes religiously rooted violence and how states have sought to take advantage of or contain religious violence -- with emphasis on radical Islam.