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Organisations like IS, Boko
Haram, Al Qaeda, and also

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legal issues like ritual
slaughter, circumcision, birth

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control.

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Many conflicts in
the world today

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are framed in terms of
religious conflicts.

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But are there different
ways of looking

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at the relation between
religion and conflict?

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Some people think,
well, religion,

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that must be something bad.

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That must be the cause
of these conflicts.

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In this course, you will
learn to be more nuanced,

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to get a more
nuanced understanding

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of the role of
religion and conflict.

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The central focus
is that religion

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doesn't mean the same thing
in all places, all times,

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and to all people.

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You can't understand religion's
relationship with conflict

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unless you look at it in
its political and cultural

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contexts.

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This course, called
religion and conflict

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will be taught by Doctor Marjo
Buitelaar, Doctor Kim Knibbe,

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and myself Doctor Erin Wilson.

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We work for the centre for
religion conflict in the public

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domain at the Faculty of
Theology and Religious Studies

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at the University of Groningen.

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Students will gain insights
into different roles

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that religion may
play in conflicts.

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So they will learn to
analyse conflict situations,

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but they will also explore
the role of religion in peace

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building.

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So if you want to know more
about the role of religion

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in present day conflicts,
join us for this course.

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