TY - BOOK ID - 30579538 TI - Religion and Conflict Attribution : An Empirical Study of the Religious Meaning System of Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India AU - Anthony, Francis-Vincent AU - Hermans, C. A. M. AU - Sterkens, C. J. A. PY - 2015 SN - 9789004270817 9789004270862 9004270868 9004270817 PB - Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, DB - UniCat KW - 291 KW - Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend KW - Violence KW - Peace KW - Christianity KW - Islam KW - Hinduism KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Religion - General KW - Religious aspects KW - Religions KW - Brahmanism KW - Mohammedanism KW - Muhammadanism KW - Muslimism KW - Mussulmanism KW - Muslims KW - Church history KW - Peace (Theology) KW - Religion and peace KW - Prayers for peace KW - Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - Christianity. KW - Islam. KW - Hinduism. KW - Religion. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Tamil Nadu (India) KW - India KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Theology KW - Tamil Nadu KW - Tamilnad (India) KW - Tamishagam (India) KW - Tamizhagam (India : State) KW - Tamilnadu (India) KW - Tamilanāḍu (India) KW - Thamilnadu (India) KW - Madras (India : State) KW - humanities KW - Explained variation KW - Hindus KW - In-group and out-group KW - Monism KW - Mysticism KW - Religiocentrism KW - Socioeconomics KW - Hindus. KW - Monism. KW - Muslims. KW - Mysticism. KW - Economics KW - Sociological aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30579538 AB - Religion can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution seeks to clarify the causes of religious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college students in Tamil Nadu, India. These students in varying degrees attribute conflict to force-driven causes, namely to coercive power as a means of achieving the economic, political or socio-cultural goals of religious groups. The study reveals how force-driven religious conflict is influenced by prescriptive beliefs like religious practice and mystical experience, and descriptive beliefs such as the interpretation of religious plurality and religiocentrism. It also elaborates on the practical consequences of the salient findings for the educational process. ER -