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Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization

The Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization engages in cutting-edge research, policy advice and analysis that seeks to develop alternative conceptual and practical approaches to understanding "religion" and its relationship with politics and society.

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Blog 'The Religion Factor'

  • 06 March 2025 - Laura Osigwe

    Mary Magdalene and Peter: A contest between disciples

    After Jesus’ departure from this world, the apostles carried on proclaiming the Gospel and fulfilled various functions of leadership in the earliest churches. Needless to say, early Christian texts are preoccupied with this apostolic authority, and traced...

  • 21 December 2024 - Peter Berger, René Cappers, Sonja Filatova, Roland Hardenberg, Ashutosh Kumar and Nidhi Trivedi

    Millets: Ancient Grains, Global Policies, Local Lifeworlds - Preliminary conclusions (6/6)

    After intensive ethnographic and archaeobotanical research as part of our research project, we can identify some trends in the cereal crops of Odisha, India. First of all, it is clear that the new policies of the state, implemented by various governmental...

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