What is the main source of violent conflict in the world? If you judged solely by media reports you might assume that religion would be at the top of the list. Today, for example, there is news that Islamic State — a terrorist group that wants to create an Islamic caliphate—set off two car bombs in Syria.

But as Johannes Vüllers, Alexander De Juan and Jan H. Pierskalla explain, a comparison of religious with other forms of violence shows that the religious violence is not as dominant as news reports might indicate.

Read the article “How the Work of Local Religious Institutions Can Help Prevent Violence” on politicalviolenceataglance.org.