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Taming the Gods: How Religious Conflict Shapes State Repression

Henne, Peter S., Klocek, Jason·2019·Journal of Conflict Resolution
DOI 10.1177/0022002717728104
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Despite a robust literature on general forms of state repression, the determinants of religious repression remain unclear. This article argues that a regime’s experience with religious conflict will lead it to be more repressive of religious groups within its territory for three primary reasons. Religious conflict increases the behavioral threat posed by religious groups, lowers the cost of repressing these communities, and evokes vivid memories of past religious violence that underscore the role of the state in taming religion to maintain social order. New, cross-national data on religious conflict and repression from 1990 to 2009 show that religious conflict has a significant and positive effect on the level of religious repression for the time period under investigation, expanding the types and severity of government restrictions on religion in a country. Our findings point to the importance of studying the causes and nature of negative sanctions against religious communities, specifically.

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  • Ongoing armed conflict inspires more stringent central rule, epitomized by implementation of an indefinite state of emergency and restrictions on media freedom and civil liberties, as well as more covert aspects of repression, discrimination, and exclusion.

    “Oftentimes, ongoing armed conflict inspires more stringent central rule, epitomized by implementation of an indefinite state of emergency and restrictions on, e.g., media freedom and civil liberties, as well as more covert aspects of repression, discrimination, and exclusion (143-146).”

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Authors
Henne, P. S., & Klocek, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
Klocek, Jason
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2017-09-27
Volume
63
Issue
1
Pages
112-138
ISSN
  • 0022-0027 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8766
DOI
10.1177/0022002717728104
OpenAlex
W2756483712
Cited by
81
References
123
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 11
FWCI
18.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Law › Religious Freedom and Discrimination
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords
religious repression, religious conflict, state repression, religious violence, social order

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