Religious conflicts as a modern threat to security

Abstract

Issues on religion and identity, as well as interreligious and intrareligious conflicts, present one inexhaustible sociopathological subject. By their complex nature, these issues and processes present the subject of many discussions and interpretations, in different context and for different purposes, with more or less ideological content. This paper seeks to analyze and give a complex picture of causes, bearers and consequences of religious divisions and interreligious conflicts in developed countries and in societies in transition.

Pitanja religije, konfesionalne pripadnosti i identiteta, ali i međuverskih i unutarverskih sukoba predstavljaju neiscrpnu sociološko-politikološku temu. Svojom kompleksnom prirodom ova pitanja i procesi se javljaju kao predmet brojnih rasprava i tumačenja, u raznim kontekstima i u različite svrhe, sa više ili manje ideološkim sadržajem. U ovom radu se pokušava analizirati i dati objektivna slika uzroka, nosilaca i posledica verskih podela i međukonfesionalnih sukoba u razvijenim i ostalim društvima, posebno društvima u tranziciji.