Crisis of Secularism and Loyalty Towards the Dominant Group: The Role of the Government in the 2012-2013 Religious Conflicts in Georgia
The paper presents findings of the research of the religious conflicts in Georgia which erupted between November 2012 and December 2013. The research aimed to assess the causes of the religious conflicts between the Muslim minority and Orthodox Christians in the villages of Nigvziani (Lanchkhuti dis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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George Fox University
2014
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Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2014, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 21-31 |
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| Summary: | The paper presents findings of the research of the religious conflicts in Georgia which erupted between November 2012 and December 2013. The research aimed to assess the causes of the religious conflicts between the Muslim minority and Orthodox Christians in the villages of Nigvziani (Lanchkhuti district), Tsintskaro (Tetritskaro district) and Samtatskaro (Dedoplistskaro district) in Georgia; as well as to analyze government policies enacted for the peaceful and just resolution of the conflicts. The study revealed the social and political contexts that were influencing the conflicts and conditioning them. The article is an analysis of the political aspects of the conflict and the problems related to the national-religious identities. |
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| ISSN: | 2693-2148 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
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