Overcoming Barriers to Interreligious Peace: Determinants of Preferences for Religiously Similar Others in Togo and Sierra Leone

Das Projekt "Religion für den Frieden: Bedingungen und Mechanismen für interreligiösen Frieden" untersuchte, wie interreligiöser Frieden geschaffen und erhalten werden kann. Diese illustrierte Zusammenfassung präsentiert die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und zeigt, was wir über interreligiösen Frieden und seine Herausforderungen gelernt haben.

Interreligious relations remain an important dimension of human coexistence and we currently observe an increase in religiously motivated violence and discrimination. Hence, we need to better understand determinants of interreligious peace.

Sometimes, people belonging to different religions do not get along well. In 2022 we travelled to Sierra Leone and Togo where interreligious relations were very peaceful. This comic depicts some examples of how to make interreligious peace: celebrating together, collaborating, being friends, and respecting each other despite differences.

People tend to seek out others who are like them. This preference for similarity can result in divided societies as people burrow deeper into like-minded groups. So, in the interest of social cohesion and peace, what would encourage people to engage with others across social divides?

23rd Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference 2024, Dublin City University, Dublin Dr. Julia Köbrich (Vortragende:r)

Kontakte zwischen verschiedenen Gruppen zur Reduzierung von Vorurteilen und zum Aufbau von Vertrauen ist entscheidend für die Friedensarbeit. Forschung zeigt, dass Intergruppen-Kontakt die Beziehungen verbessert, aber individuelle Präferenzen für ähnliche Personen (Homophilie) dies behindern. Daher ist es wichtig zu untersuchen, was diese Präferenzen formt, um Frieden zu fördern.

Rising religious violence makes it imperative to develop strategies to foster and preserve interreligious peace. We examine the role of descriptive and injunctive pro-mixing ingroup norms in explaining interreligious contact and, indirectly, more favorable interreligious attitudes.

Das Projekt "Religion für den Frieden: Bedingungen und Mechanismen für interreligiösen Frieden" untersuchte, wie interreligiöser Frieden geschaffen und erhalten werden kann. Diese illustrierte Zusammenfassung präsentiert die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und zeigt, was wir über interreligiösen Frieden und seine Herausforderungen gelernt haben.

Interreligious relations remain an important dimension of human coexistence and we currently observe an increase in religiously motivated violence and discrimination. Hence, we need to better understand determinants of interreligious peace.

Sometimes, people belonging to different religions do not get along well. In 2022 we travelled to Sierra Leone and Togo where interreligious relations were very peaceful. This comic depicts some examples of how to make interreligious peace: celebrating together, collaborating, being friends, and respecting each other despite differences.