Understanding Religious Conflict: Definition and Types Explored
Religious conflict is a complex and recurring concept throughout history. Scholars have defined it as disagreements between religious groups. This conflict arises from contentious issues touching on ideology, morality, power, and identity, influenced by various socio-political, economic, and cultural factors. The course objectives include defining religious conflict, discussing its types, and understanding sectarian violence.
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DEFINITION AND TYPES OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT BY ADEBAYO TOSIN
OBJECTIVES At the end of this course students are expected to be able to; Define religious conflict Discuss the types of religious conflict Have an understanding of sectarian violence.
INTRODUCTION To have a grasp of what religious conflict, it is imperative for students to know what conflict. The last class covered what religion is, its nature and scope? Thus, what is conflict? Conflict can be defined as a disagreement between two parties who think they have or actually have incompatible goals.
INTRODUCTION Conflict can also be defined as what occurs when something is contested. When we couple religion with conflict, we might expect that what is contested is ideology or morality (i.e., belief). Conflict occurs as a result of relationship, if there is no relationship between two parties conflict cannot occur. Thus conflict is existent where there is a relationship.
INTRODUCTION Religious conflict is an ever existing concept and recurrent in history and ages Religious conflict is a term that has been variously defined by scholars. Religious conflict has been categorized in several dimensions. Some are classified as the types of religious conflict.
WHAT IS RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Religious conflict is a term that has been variously defined by scholars. these definitions are diverse and they all convey the single meaning of disagreement between the two or more religious groups Hormby (2006) defines religious conflict as a situation in which religious adherents are involved in a serious disagreement or argument with one religious group and another. this is a situation in which there are opposition in ideas, opinions, feelings and wishes.
RELIGIOUS CONFLCIT Religious conflict is a complex phenomenon that engages a combination of contested domains (ideology/morality, power, personality, space/place, and group identity), in turn enabled by a range of other conditions (political, social, economic, cultural and psychological) gains further clarity when we turn to consider what religious conflict is not.
TYPES OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT 1. Inter-Religious Conflict 2. Intra-Religious Conflict 3. Sectarian Violence
INTER-RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Inter Religious Conflict can be defined as conducted, involving or existing between two or more religious groups or movements. In other words, most inter-religious conflicts usually develop into inter- ethnic conflicts even where and when they started as purely religious disagreements, for example, Muslims vs Christians etc. This type of confit is usually characterized between two religious groups. E.g. between Muslim and Christians,
INTRA- RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Inter Religious Conflict can be defined as conducted, involving or existing within a religious group or movement. These are basically religious conflicts within a particular religion which are rooted in differences resulting from religious matters,.
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE In understanding what sectarian conflict, it is paramount to have an understanding of what sectarianism is. Sectarianism can defined as a or hatred arising from attaching relations of inferiority and superiority to differences between subdivisions within a group. Common examples are denominations of a religion, ethnic identity, class, or region for citizens of a state and factions of a political movement. form of bigotry, discrimination,
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE Sectarian violence and/or sectarian strife is a form of communal violence inspired by sectarianism, that is, between different sects of one particular mode of ideology or religion within a nation/community. Religious segregation often plays a role in sectarian violence. Examples of sectarian violence includes; the Shiites and Sunin Sects like the Boko Haram Insurgent group in Nigeria.
