, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in … Africa. This paper presents an innovative data inventory on religion and violent conflict in all sub-Saharan countries for … the period 1990-2008 that seeks to contribute to filling the gap. The data underscore that religion has to be accounted …

Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable development. However, empirical … studies have shown that religion remains important in many societies and that its importance has been increasing since the … beginning of the new millennium. This paper reviews the empirical quantitative literature on the effect of religion on …

Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable development. However, empirical … studies have shown that religion remains important in many societies and that its importance has been increasing since the … beginning of the new millennium. This paper reviews the empirical quantitative literature on the effect of religion on …

Theoretically, the 'mobilization hypothesis' establishes a link between religion and conflict by arguing that religious … of African armed conflicts, this assumption has not yet been backed by systematic empirical research on the religion … well as religious factors indicating actual politicization of religion (e.g. inter-religious tensions, religious …

Given the widespread focus on socioeconomic factors, it comes as no surprise that religion is neglected in most … based on a newly compiled database including 28 violent conflicts show that religion plays a role more frequently than is … impact on conflict. Even though religion seems secondary when compared to classical 'risk factors', the findings demonstrate …

Given the widespread focus on socioeconomic factors, it comes as no surprise that religion is neglected in most … based on a newly compiled database including 28 violent conflicts show that religion plays a role more frequently than is … impact on conflict. Even though religion seems secondary when compared to classical "risk factors", the findings demonstrate …

Theoretically, the "mobilization hypothesis" establishes a link between religion and conflict by arguing that religious … of African armed conflicts, this assumption has not yet been backed by systematic empirical research on the religion … well as religious factors indicating actual politicization of religion (e.g. inter-religious tensions, religious …

, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in … Africa. This paper presents an innovative data inventory on religion and violent conflict in all sub-Saharan countries for … the period 1990-2008 that seeks to contribute to filling the gap. The data underscore that religion has to be accounted …