Armed Conflicts and Religious Factors: The Need for Synthesized Conceptual Frameworks and New Empirical Analyses – The Case of the MENA Region*

摘要: Before the 1990s, very little research had been done on religious dimension in dynamics of internal and international violent conflicts. Two factors may explain this: first, lack interest a good part theory peace conflict resolution particular; and, second, negative impact division between major disciplines social sciences area studies. This article takes this insufficiency as its starting point assumes that greatest value explaining are diverse (political, economic or processes), to speak single factor (religion) isolation makes sense if it is not contextualized within metatheory. Thus, presents several elements derived from studies Middle East North Africa region, which should be taken into consideration when examining extent religion contributes conflicts t...