State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding

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In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious
peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies
aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a vested
interest in keeping social and religious movements under control, which
limits the opportunities religious leaders have to diminish violent conflicts
between religious groups. This volume offers empirical examples of these
connections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania. It is valuable
resource for both scholars and development practitioners interested in how
politics and religion become conflated when religious actors engage to build
peace.