2015
DOI: 10.1177/1065912915603128
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When Do Religious Leaders Support Faith-Based Violence? Evidence from a Survey Poll in South Sudan

Abstract: Religion has increasingly become important in conflicts worldwide. Religious leaders may play a key role in mobilizing believers as they can call for peace or instigate violence. But what makes religious leaders support peace or promote violence? Drawing on a survey poll of 102 religious leaders in Juba, South Sudan, this paper represents virtually the first attempt to study the correlates of pro-violence opinions of religious elites in a more quantitative manner in a developing country. The paper analyzes whe… Show more

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“…Reynal-Querol (2002) argues that the commonality in religion does not breed political violence. On the other hand, Leng and Regan (2003), Fox (2004), Tusicisny (2004), Collier et al (2004), and Basedau and Koos (2015) differ in their views on the relationship between religion and political violence from the no-relationship findings. Fox (2004) claims that differences in religious identities among members of a rebel group may distort communication and therefore serve as an obstacle to a peaceful settlement of conflicts.…”
Section: Religion and Support For Insurgencymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Reynal-Querol (2002) argues that the commonality in religion does not breed political violence. On the other hand, Leng and Regan (2003), Fox (2004), Tusicisny (2004), Collier et al (2004), and Basedau and Koos (2015) differ in their views on the relationship between religion and political violence from the no-relationship findings. Fox (2004) claims that differences in religious identities among members of a rebel group may distort communication and therefore serve as an obstacle to a peaceful settlement of conflicts.…”
Section: Religion and Support For Insurgencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fox (2004) claims that differences in religious identities among members of a rebel group may distort communication and therefore serve as an obstacle to a peaceful settlement of conflicts. Basedau and Koos (2015) and Basedau et al (2016) suggest that religious grievances and the way religious elites frame these grievances and these grievances' overlapping with other identities exert significant influence on the onset and duration of the conflict. Leng and Regan (2003) assert that religious identity is fixed, and thus associated disputes are more difficult to negotiate than ethnic and linguistic conflicts.…”
Section: Religion and Support For Insurgencymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Religious ideology and characteristics specific to religious beliefs have been found to make followers more inclined toward violence (e.g., Juergensmeyer 2003). Relatedly, religious attitudes predict religious leaders’ support for faith-based violence (Basedau and Koos 2015). Among religious organizations, specific characteristics more likely to be associated with such organizations predict violence better (e.g., Asal, Schulzke, and Pate 2016), as does how a religious group views political authority (Philpott 2007).…”
Section: Previous Explanations Of Violence Against the Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…To analyse this relationship, they use RAS3 in combination with the UCDP/PRIO armed conflict data and two datasets collected by Basedau: the Religion and Rebels dataset (Basedau, 2017) and the RCDC dataset (Basedau, et. al., 2016).…”
Section: The Correlates Of Srpmentioning
confidence: 99%