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Religion and Theology

Join Professor Katherine Brown as she explores Religion & Conflict: The War of Ideas, with a particular focus on what role religion plays in enabling conflict, messages of peace in such conflict and identifying the counter arguments that are so often overlooked when considering religion and conflict.

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Join Professor Katherine Brown as she explores Religion & Conflict: The War of Ideas, with a particular focus on what role religion plays in enabling conflict, messages of peace in such conflict and identifying the counter arguments that are so often overlooked when considering religion and conflict.

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1. Religious conflict

In episode 1, Katherine discusses why religious conflict is seen as a problem for the world, including an in-depth look at escalation in violence, the complexity of religious factors and the irrationality of some peoples’ beliefs.

2. Religion enables the pursuit of meaning at individual level

In episode 2, Katherine explores how religion facilitates conflict, thinking about the ideas that religion is a belief, a behaviour and a belonging.

3. How does religion enable conflict?

In episode 3, Katherine looks at the notion of restraint in the argument about religion and conflict, whilst thinking about identifying the counter arguments: advocates, intermediaries, observers, and educators of peace.

4. Messages of peace

In episode 4, Katherine looks at the notion of “Is religion a cause of conflict?” as a misleading question, considering religion as a dummy variable for other factors, the idea that not everything a religious person or group does is because of religion, and how ideology and religion can sometimes end up blurred.

5. Misleading question

In episode 5, you can take part in thinking critically about the question: Is religion a cause of conflict in Northern Ireland? You will see that there are no concrete yes or no answers in a subject such as this - Theology & Religion will spark your capacity for debate, critical thinking and questioning the norm to enable you to respond to complex and sensitive topics.

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