Since 9/11, and even more so with the atrocities committed by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, violence in the name of God is predominantly perceived as a “different” kind of violence, which triggers more “absolute” and radical manifestations than its secular counter parts. In its first part, this article will challenge this so called exceptionalism of religious violence by questioning the neat divide b...

The movement of people from one country to another and the subsequent settling of migrants in host communities diversely affect all parties in relocation processes. Directly or indirectly, both migrant and their host communities respond differently to the worldviews of the migrants and the socio-cultural contexts of the host communities. While the religious beliefs of people appear to be the le...

This study examines the utilization of social media to manage ethno-religious conflicts in Taraba State, Nigeria with specific attention nature stories on platforms conflicts, how they affect process conflict management and opportunities/threats which portend management. Pegged Technology Acceptance Model, adopts in-depth interview qualitative content analysis posts as research designs. Populat...

This Article examines how a lawyer may handle conflicts that arise when counseling clients on bioethics issues. Through an exploration of three standard client counseling models authoritarian, client-centered and collaborative the author presents suggestions on how to handle a conflict between the lawyer’s own moral and religious values and the choices available to the client. The author sugges...

Once a paper with this title could have started with a summary of India’s linguistic and religious diversity backed up by a table or two of official population statistics showing various majority-minority configurations. Today many readers would find that unsatisfactory. Most contemporary students of the subject subscribe to some kind of a constructivist position vis-à-vis identities: that they...

Endogenous Market-Clearing Prices and Reference Point Adaptation p. 2 Modeling Effect of Leaders in Ethno-Religious Conflicts p. 3 Calibrating Subjective Probabilities Using Hierarchical Bayesian Models p. 13 State-Dependent Risk Preferences in Evolutionary Games p. 23 Social Learning and Cumulative Innovations in a Networked Group p. 32 Understanding Segregation Processes (Abstract) p. 42 Soci...

Findings from this study of Austrolion practising and non-practising Christians and Muslims support the proposition that both religious affiliation and the depth of that affiliation affect on individual's conflict resolution style (colloborator, compromiser, accommodator, controller, or ovoider), and that minority status and particular historical time and situation may also affect it. Practisin...