2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Rethinking the role of religion in peace, conflict and development: A post-western approach
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19K01506
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Religion / International Relations / Development / Peacebuilding / Human Security / Conflict |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project paved the way for the reconceptualisation of religion as a 'relational cosmology' in (post-western) International Relations theory including Peace and Conflict and Development Studies.The principal research achievements of the project were as follows: 1) the publication of 9 journal articles as a result of international collaboration (of which 8 were peer-reviewed); 2) two edited volumes: Rethinking Peace, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019; and Religion and Nationalism in Asia, Routledge 2019; 3) a co-authored book, Sikh Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2021); and 4) a Special Issue of the British International Studies Association (BISA) journal Review of International Studies (Vol. 28, No. 5, 2022) which I co-edited. In addition, I gave 20 presentations (of which 16 were invited and two were keynotes) and co-organized a colloquium through the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Religion and Politics research committee which I chair in 2023.
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| Free Research Field |
International Relations
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This research project examined the role of religion in Peace, Conflict and Development. Using examples from South Asia, it found that the concept of religion was indispendable yet inadequate to peacebuilding and development and contributed to the development of post-western International Relations.
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