Publications by Subject:  

war, ethnic/religious violence, terrorism  

 

The Pope’s Israel Driveby Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No. 2 by Yoel Cohen
Israelis barely notice Pope Francis’ visit.

 

Ukraine's Orthodox Breakup Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No. 2 by Andrew Walsh
The Russian Orthodox Church is losing its grip on Ukraine. 

Breaking Bad in Burma Religion in the News, Vol 15, No.2 by Ingrid Jordt
 Until recently viewed as heroes of religious liberty, Buddhist monks are now striking a hardline stance against Islam.

 

The Anti-War Choir, Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No.1  by Mark Silk

Springtime for Egypt's Military, Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No.1 by Ronald C. Kiener
A brief, fumbling experiment in democracy is crushed.

Hashtag Egypt, Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No.1 by Ronald C. Kiener
Who's who in the Egyptian Twitterverse. 

The Christian Factor in Syria, Religion in the News, Vol. 15, No.1 by Andrew Walsh
American Evangelicals seek to save Syria's Christian minority.
 

Without Benefit of Clergy, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 1, by Samuel Dunbar Livingston

Mayor Bloomberg remembers 9/11 his way.

An Army of One  Religion in the News, Vol 12, No.3, by Andrew Walsh.
The debate over whether the Fort Hood gunman is terrorist or “workplace murderer?”

Obama in Cairo Religion in the News, Fall 2009, by Molly Fitzgerald
The president pitches a do-over in the American relationship with the Muslim world.

Downplaying Religion in Mumbai, and What is Lashkar?, Religion in the News, Vol. 11, No.3, by Homayra Ziad
India's media find it easier to blame Pakistan for the Mumbai attack that to weigh the role of local religious conflicts.

Iraq's Sunni Clergy Enter the Fray, Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by Eric Davis.
Sunni Arab clerics are surprise players in the insurgency.

Keeping the Shi'ites Straight, Religion in the News, Summer 2003, by Roy Parviz Mottahedeh.
Journalists struggles to grasp the history and politics of Iraqi Shi'ism.

Religion on the International News Agenda, 2000
[144-page volume (Acrobat .pdf file)], edited by Mark Silk

"Kashmiri Muslims Caught in the Middle", Religion in the News, Summer 2002. By Dipankar Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The quandary of Kashmir’s secular freedom fighters in an age of holy wars.

"The Civil Religion Goes to War", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [Presidential rhetoric and civil religion in times of national crisis], by Mark Silk, editor

"Palestinians and Israelis: Oh, Jerusalem!", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [anxieties about losing control of the Temple Mount pervade Israeli discussion of the "Al-Aqsa Intifada" and the dimmed prospects for peace], by Yoel Cohen, Netanya College, Israel

"Pacifism on the Record", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [the peace churches don’t all speak with one voice, before and after 9-11], by Dennis R. Hoover, associate editor

"Palestinians and Israelis: Rites of Return", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [the Arab media’s new emphasis on the Palestinians’ "sacred right of return" to Israel bridges an internal religious division], by Rachel Stroumsa, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

"Wars of Religion", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [religion in ethnic conflict], by Mark Silk, editor

"Religious Ironies in East Timor", Religion in the News, Spring 2000, [complex role of religion in East Timor conflict, violence], by Robert W. Hefner, Boston University