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The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development/PaRD: A Global and Inclusive Partnership to Harness the Positive Impact of Religion in Development and Humanitarian Assistance
Author(s) -
Nitschke Ulrich,
Gabriel Bennet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the ecumenical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1758-6623
pISSN - 0013-0796
DOI - 10.1111/erev.12242
Subject(s) - general partnership , sustainable development , citation , political science , sociology , library science , law , computer science
Religion has become a hot topic of our daily news: Conflicts and crises around the world often have a religious component to them and frequently religion is made responsible for instability and violence – the Islamic State and its hijacking of a religion in its very name serves as one devastating example. Indeed, research undertaken by the Pew Research Center suggests that roughly one third of 198 observed countries experienced some kind of hostility in which religious motivations play a role. Myanmar, Iraq, Syria, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, Kenya or South Sudan are some of the countries in which religion influences conflicts and their dynamics.