Ethnoreligious Conflict in the Late 20th Century
Subtitle: A General Theory
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780739104187
Subjects: Religious conflict; Comparative Religion; Political Science / General; General; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Ethnic conflict; Religious aspects; War
Description: "Ethnoreligious Conflict in the Late Twentieth Century critiques the existing literature on religion and ethnic conflict, then presents and analyzes the original quantitative data gathered from a variety of sources. Fox draws upon the Minorities at Risk model of ethnic conflict to develop and test a dynamic and comprehensive theory of religion and conflict.

He applies this theory to resurgent conflicts between ethnic groups of different religions - from the Iranian revolution and the Afghan struggle against the Soviets in the 1980s to the ongoing Middle East conflict - to pinpoint the ways in which religion has become intertwined in, and lent legitimacy to, conflicts in the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET.