WHY RELIGION IS NEEDED IN POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
Accepted
26 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2014
Abstract
THIS PAPER BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES, BEING A RES EARCH APPROACH BY WHICH WE INTEND TO CAPTURE INTERACTIONS AND DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO. ON THIS LINE WE WILL FOCUS ON VIOLENT CONFLICTS BASED ON DIVERGENT RELIGIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES, BY EMPHASIZING THOSE ASPECTS ANSWERING TO THE QUESTION WHY RELIGION IS NEEDED IN POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION?. MUCH MORE, WE WILL ANALYZE THE ROLE PLAYED BY RELIGION FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECT INTERACTION BETWEEN LOCAL AND EXTERNAL ELEMENTS.
Keywords
RELIGION
CONFLICT
POST -CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
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