Activity: Talk or Presentation › Communicating lecture/presentation
Description
foredrag ved sommerskole på Teologisk fakultet, KU
New Wars – Old Beliefs
The course will address the renewed importance of religion in current wars. During the first decades of the twenty-first century religion has reestablished itself as an important motivation behind a large part of today’s armed conflicts around the world from the terrorist attack of 9/11 in 2001 right up until current civil wars and insurrections, especially in the Middle East and Africa, evolving around strong religious ideologies. Religion however also plays an important part in the most recent conflict between Ukraine and Russian nationalists. In this conflict, strong nationalistic narratives are paired with equally strong religious ideas reaching back in history with the implication of strong religious-national messianic ideologies fueling the violent outbursts.
Period
25 Aug 2016
Held at
Teologisk Fakultet, Center for Afrikastudier, Københavns Universitet , Denmark