International Conference on Religious Violence and Radicalization

Important dates

1. 14 Nov

   Abstract / full paper deadline

   Passed

2. 11 Dec

   Conference

   Columbus, Ohio, USA

All deadlines are as published by the organizer. Check the official website for the time zone.

About this conference

The key intention of ICRVR is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas and experience in person with their peers expected to join from different parts on the world. In addition this gathering will help the delegates to establish research or business relations as well as to find international linkage for future collaborations in their career path. We hope that ICRVR outcome will lead to significant contributions to the knowledge base in these up-to-date scientific fields in scope.

Topics and scope

• Religious violence
• Contemporary religious violence
• Religion, violence, crime and mass suicide
• Religious fanaticism and radicalism
• Relationships between religion and violence
• Criticism of religions as being violent
• Secularism as a response to religious violence
• Challenges to the views that religions are violent
• Islamist terrorism and radicalization
• The religious and political rhetoric of Western and Middle Eastern nations
• Analyses of religious violence throughout history, literature and culture
• Religion and violence within political, race and gender issues
• Islamist Jihad and religious (or political) violence.
• Empirical, anthropological or scientific work on religion and violence.
• Religious and non-religious approaches to violence, non-violent resistance and peace-building
• Religion and violence in literary and other texts
• Religion in violent historical events, including religious opposition to violence
• Religion, violence and Indigenous Peoples
• Christian or other religious extremist violence and its political effects in Western nations

Call for papers

The call for papers closed on 14 November 2026. For other conferences, see open calls for papers in this field.