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Undivine Intervention: How Social Networks Mediate the Relationship between Religious Repression and Political Violence (2025)
Journal Article
Henne, P. S., & Klocek, J. (2025). Undivine Intervention: How Social Networks Mediate the Relationship between Religious Repression and Political Violence. Conflict Management and Peace Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894225133290

A robust literature demonstrates a relationship between religious repression and political violence, but this research struggles to clarify the causal link between the two behaviors. Drawing on the relational turn in international relations, we argue... Read More about Undivine Intervention: How Social Networks Mediate the Relationship between Religious Repression and Political Violence.

External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America (2025)
Journal Article
Petri, D. P., & Klocek, J. (2025). External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. Religions, 16(2), Article 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020209

Indigenous Peoples in Latin America face a dual challenge of social vulnerability and violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Representing 8% of the region’s population yet disproportionately affected by poverty, displacement, and health... Read More about External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.

Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward (2023)
Journal Article
Klocek, J., & Petri, D. P. (2023). Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward. Review of Faith and International Affairs, 21(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2023.2200278

In recent years, numerous cross-country data collection instruments measuring freedom of religious or belief (FoRB) violations have become available. These have provided important insights, not least of which being the steady increase in religious di... Read More about Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward.

Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings (2022)
Journal Article
Klocek, J., Ha, H. J., & Sumaktoyo, N. G. (2023). Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings. Journal of Peace Research, 60(3), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433221085894

This article investigates how and when regime transitions intensify minority discrimination through an analysis of two types of religious persecution following the Arab uprisings. We argue that weakened institutions and the prevalence of religious ou... Read More about Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings.