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Religion, civility and conflict: towards a concept of critical civility
May religion contribute to civility at the local level in times of conflict? In the last blog entry of 2011, UiO researcher Iselin Frydenlund engages this complicated question by examining the concept of civility from historical and theoretical angles. Drawing on research in India and Sri Lanka, she proposes that religious practices aiming at bridging gaps between communities in times of conflict may best be understood via the concept of critical civility.
Frydenlund's text is commented by PRIO senior researcher Henrik Syse. In his contribution, Syse points to the hard choices confronted by religious believers in pluralist societies. The concept of critical civility, according to Syse, play right into these choices, challenging religions on how to be a part of the everyday world and overcome disagreements.
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By Iselin Frydenlund At first glance, a discussion of religion and civility may resemble the religious violence or non-violence debate, but as I shall argue, the concept of civility takes our discussion in a slightly different direction, away from theological or philosophical reductionism, or away from random examples of so-called religious violence. |
By Henrik Syse For religion to be “civilized”, some of religion’s claim to represent the totally un-worldly, the totally other, must be given up or at least relativized. Many of us hope that it is through such an attitude that one can also actualize the core values of the world’s religious traditions and faiths. |
| Critical civility and interreligious dialogue | Critical civility, conflicts and foreign policy | |
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By Oddbjørn Leirvik Whereas some forms of (etiquette-oriented) civility is nurtured by tradition, critical civility needs to be fostered by new forms of social behavior. In my view, this is where interreligious dialogue comes in. |
By Anne Stensvold Critical civility has the potential to become a universal analytical term. But is it possible for a state (like Norway) to create a strategy for its foreign policy focusing its resources in order to strengthen 'critical civility' in a given local setting? |