This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d …'Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and …-/ out-group mechanism utilized in Côte d'Ivoire in the 1990s, while the political elites tried to politicize religion. In …

generally favorable influence of religion on health and many other domains of life, including intimate partner violence. The … affected victims of intimate partner violence; e.g., it succeeded until just five years ago in blocking efforts to legalize … the 2005 Survey of Student Well-Being, a questionnaire on gender based violence administered to students at a large public …

) of religion vis-à-vis violence. In 22 of the 48 sub-Saharan countries, religion plays a substantial role in violence, and …-staatlicher religiöser Gewalt) und die Ambivalenz (z.B. interreligiöse Netzwerke, religiöse Friedensinitiativen) von Religion. Insgesamt …, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in …

This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …