The religious landscape in Myanmar's Rakhine State / by Melyn McKay.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

McKay, Melyn, author.

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.

Series:

Peaceworks ; no. 149.

Peaceworks ; no. 149

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Social aspects--Burma--Rakhine State.

Religion.

Peace-building--Burma--Rakhine State.

Peace-building.

Ethnic conflict--Burma--Rakhine State--Prevention.

Ethnic conflict.

Rakhine State (Burma)--Social conditions.

Rakhine State (Burma).

Social conditions.

Ethnic conflict--Prevention.

Religion--Social aspects.

Burma--Rakhine State.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations, color map, color photographs.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Rakhine's recent conflicts and humanitarian crises can be understood as an intersection of numerous grievances--many of which are not explicitly religious. Interethnic tensions, economic inequalities, and political drivers all contribute to violent conflict. To date, few influential religious leaders and religious social service networks have been engaged by aid, policymaking, and peacebuilding actors--whether national or international. This lack of engagement has sustained pervasive mistrust of the international community at all levels of Rakhine society. Key opportunities to build trust with the religious sector include engaging religious actors in consultations, needs assessments, and aid distributions and providing dispute resolution training to religious leaders across all communities. International nongovernmental organizations need to be sensitive to the concerns that religious actors and networks have about engaging with them on social issues. When engaging with religious actors in programming, it is essential to bear in mind that though religious figures and networks may be able to influence community perspectives and attitudes, they rarely have the power to enforce broad behavior change. Furthermore, ordination is not essential to religious influence in Rakhine (and in Myanmar more broadly). The elderly and members of local religious committees and networks, including women's and youth groups, are regularly cited as sources of religious influence despite their being lay persons.

Contents:

Introduction and methodology.

Background.

Recent conflict in Rakhine.

Rakhine religious influence mapping.

Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

"August 2019."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (USIP, viewed September 8, 2019).

ISBN:

9781601277701

1601277709

OCLC:

1117659150