Religion, Right and International Relations
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 March 2023) | Viewed by 3853
Special Issue Editor
Interests: religion, society and culture; human rights, violence and religion; religion and politics; liberation theology; Latin American politics, democracy and democratization; civil society, cultural change
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Dear Colleagues,
What we think of as religion and rights encompasses ideas, movements, and institutions that transcend national boundaries. The initial spark may originate from one region or country, but diffusion is often swift, regardless of efforts at control or something like an “iron curtain” by states.
In recent experience, religious networks (both official and informal) have inspired and sustained movements for rights and institutions in cases as diverse as Latin America or South Africa, Eastern Europe or Ireland, or the United States. There is a notable diffusion of songs, tropes and techniques of protest. Important areas of research include initiatives at mediation and peace building alongside deliberate incitement to religious conflict. Groups such as Witness for Peace, the Sant’ Aegidio movement and Mennonite initiatives come to mind, as does high-level mediation (such as the intervention of the Vatican in the Beagle Channel dispute).
How all this fits within what we think of as ‘international relations” presents a challenge to contemporary social science. States are often challenged by religious and rights efforts, which can engender conflict with other states. Examples include the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, relations between India and Pakistan, and the status of the Irish Republic.
These issues have rarely been addressed in comparative terms. Two recent efforts that do so are Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson, eds. Religion, The Missing Dimension of Statecraft, New York Oxford University Press, 1994, and Atalia Omer, R. Scott Appleby and David Little, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, New York Oxford University Press 2015.
This proposed Special Issue of Religions is distinguished from others in the field by its combined emphasis on religion and rights as they impact the theory and practice of international relations. We invite original submissions on theory, issues, and specific movements, national or transnational, with particular attention to their engagement with states and their impact on inter-state relations. Submissions may be historical or contemporary in focus.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Daniel H. Levine
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- religion
- politics
- culture
- social movements
- theory and practice Latin America
