Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it?
The article surveys the recent scholarly study of religion and international relations/International Relations (ir/IR). The focus of the article is on two discrete periods: pre-9 September 2001 (‘9/11’) and post-9/11. During the first time period, Iran’s Islamic revolution (1979), the civil war in f...
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| description | The article surveys the recent scholarly study of religion and international relations/International Relations (ir/IR). The focus of the article is on two discrete periods: pre-9 September 2001 (‘9/11’) and post-9/11. During the first time period, Iran’s Islamic revolution (1979), the civil war in former Yugoslavia and Huntington’s ‘clash of civilisations’ (1993) were major foci of attention. The second period saw a large number of scholarly accounts following the 9/11 attacks on the USA, with a sustained focus on the international securitisation of Islam. The article also briefly surveys the position of religion in IR theory. The article concludes that following the recent diminution of the threat to the West of Islamist terrorism—subsequent to the apparent demise of Islamic State and the fragmentation and dissipation of al Qaeda—the study of religion in IR theory needs to take better account of changing circumstances to arrive at a better understanding of how religion impacts on international relations/International Relations. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:66162021-05-14T09:47:48Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6616/ Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? Haynes, Jeffrey 320 Political science The article surveys the recent scholarly study of religion and international relations/International Relations (ir/IR). The focus of the article is on two discrete periods: pre-9 September 2001 (‘9/11’) and post-9/11. During the first time period, Iran’s Islamic revolution (1979), the civil war in former Yugoslavia and Huntington’s ‘clash of civilisations’ (1993) were major foci of attention. The second period saw a large number of scholarly accounts following the 9/11 attacks on the USA, with a sustained focus on the international securitisation of Islam. The article also briefly surveys the position of religion in IR theory. The article concludes that following the recent diminution of the threat to the West of Islamist terrorism—subsequent to the apparent demise of Islamic State and the fragmentation and dissipation of al Qaeda—the study of religion in IR theory needs to take better account of changing circumstances to arrive at a better understanding of how religion impacts on international relations/International Relations. MDPI 2021-05-08 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6616/1/religions-12-00328-v3.pdf Haynes, Jeffrey (2021) Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? Religions, 12 (5). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2077-1444 https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12050328 10.3390/rel12050328 |
| spellingShingle | 320 Political science Haynes, Jeffrey Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title | Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title_full | Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title_fullStr | Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title_short | Religion and international relations: what do we know and how do we know it? |
| title_sort | religion and international relations what do we know and how do we know it |
| topic | 320 Political science |
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