Tag: Religion

October Month of Conflict Resolution Week 4: Featuring 4 Global Interfaith Peacebuilding Organizations

As part of our special series for Conflict Resolution Month this October, this is our fourth article where we have highlighted the following interfaith peacebuilding organizations across the globe: Lebanon: ADYAN Founded in 2006, ADYAN, which means “religions” in Arabic, works to improve religious inclusion and coexistence in Lebanon. They have affected over 50,000 beneficiaries...

The Evolution of Religion: A Mechanism for Cooperation and Conflict

There is a vast literature on the origins, functions, and proliferation of religious cognition, and an equal amount of debate among its researchers. Although no uniformly agreed-upon theory of the evolution of religion currently exists, there are particular hypotheses that have gained traction. One generally undisputed benefit of religion’s adaptive functionality, which helped drive the...