Davis Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 4134596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davis Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Davis |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), University Park, PA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6391-4833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Islam and Suicide Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis
Whether Islam is responsible for increased suicide terrorist attacks is a salient but highly controversial issue. Using independently produced demographics data, we investigate whether there is a correlation between Islam and suicide attacks. We find that (1) countries with greater Muslim populations are likely to experience more suicide attacks, (2) countries with greater Sunni Muslim populations are likely to encounter more suicide attacks, and…
Uneasy Lies the Crown: External Threats to Religious Legitimacy and Interstate Dispute Militarization
Although often argued that religion should significantly influence international conflict, the empirical record is mixed. For every recurrent interreligious conflict, there are numerous examples of sustained interreligious cooperation. Conflict also frequently mars the oft-assumed peaceful relations between shared-religion states. We argue that religion is an important intervening factor in interstate dispute militarization, especially between in…
War and Religion in the Secular Age: Faith and Interstate Armed Conflict Onset
Is religion a factor in initiating interstate armed conflict, and do different religions have different effects? Breaking new ground in political science, this book explores these questions both qualitatively and quantitively, concluding that the answer is yes. Previous studies have focused on conflict within states or interstate aggression with overtly religious motivations; in contrast, Brown shows how religion affects states’ propensities to m…
Measuring Long-Term Patterns of Political Secularization and Desecularization: Did They Happen or Not
Political secularization theories have predicted religion's decline in public and political life, and desecularization theories have predicted the reverse trend. However, there is little agreement on the timing of either phenomenon or even their existence. Until now, deep empirical tests of any of these were hampered by lack of historical country-level data on religious preferences of governments (previously used data sets go back only to 1990). …
Religion and state entanglement and interstate armed conflict initiation, 1990–2010
The relationship of religion to armed conflict initiation, as opposed to occurrence, remains understudied and undertheorised. The same is true for the relationship of religion to armed conflicts between states, cf. intra-state or extra-state conflict. This contribution adds to the understanding of both of these conflict outcomes. It examines the relationship to interstate armed conflict initiation of state religion, operationalised as government …
The Religious Characteristics of States: Classic Themes and New Evidence for International Relations and Comparative Politics
For rigorous empirical study of religion to move forward, improved data on religious demographics of states’ populations, with more extensive and consistent coverage, become essential. The Religious Characteristics of States (RCS) data set project provides annual data on religious demographics for ninety-seven denominations, from 2010 back to as early as 1800 (approximately 6.7 million data points). Unlike existing data sets, RCS matches the temp…
The Influence of Religion on Interstate Armed Conflict: Government Religious Preference and First Use of Force, 1946-2002
Effects of religious norms on interstate armed conflict are understudied compared to such effects on intrastate conflict. Yet religion exerts no less influence on states' preferences and outcome of interstate interaction than other factors. Religion fosters emotion, in turn generating cognitive and motivational biases in states' leaders. Religion acts as a political ideology that inculcates worldviews and programs political agendas. Religion acco…
The Permissive Nature of the Islamic War Ethic
Why the crime of aggression will not reduce the practice of aggression
Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion
July 01 2013 Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion Davis Brown, Davis Brown Davis Brown is an assistant professor of political science at Maryville University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Michael L. Gross, Michael L. Gross Michael L. Gross is Professor of International Relations at the University of Haifa. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Tamar Meisels, Tamar Meisels…
Engagements to Marry and the Conflict of Laws
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The Religious Characteristics of States: Classic Themes and New Evidence for International Relations and Comparative Politics
For rigorous empirical study of religion to move forward, improved data on religious demographics of states’ populations, with more extensive and consistent coverage, become essential. The Religious Characteristics of States (RCS) data set project provides annual data on religious demographics for ninety-seven denominations, from 2010 back to as early as 1800 (approximately 6.7 million data points). Unlike existing data sets, RCS matches the temp…
Measuring Long-Term Patterns of Political Secularization and Desecularization: Did They Happen or Not
Political secularization theories have predicted religion's decline in public and political life, and desecularization theories have predicted the reverse trend. However, there is little agreement on the timing of either phenomenon or even their existence. Until now, deep empirical tests of any of these were hampered by lack of historical country-level data on religious preferences of governments (previously used data sets go back only to 1990). …
The Influence of Religion on Interstate Armed Conflict: Government Religious Preference and First Use of Force, 1946-2002
Effects of religious norms on interstate armed conflict are understudied compared to such effects on intrastate conflict. Yet religion exerts no less influence on states' preferences and outcome of interstate interaction than other factors. Religion fosters emotion, in turn generating cognitive and motivational biases in states' leaders. Religion acts as a political ideology that inculcates worldviews and programs political agendas. Religion acco…
Religion and state entanglement and interstate armed conflict initiation, 1990–2010
The relationship of religion to armed conflict initiation, as opposed to occurrence, remains understudied and undertheorised. The same is true for the relationship of religion to armed conflicts between states, cf. intra-state or extra-state conflict. This contribution adds to the understanding of both of these conflict outcomes. It examines the relationship to interstate armed conflict initiation of state religion, operationalised as government …
Islam and Suicide Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis
Whether Islam is responsible for increased suicide terrorist attacks is a salient but highly controversial issue. Using independently produced demographics data, we investigate whether there is a correlation between Islam and suicide attacks. We find that (1) countries with greater Muslim populations are likely to experience more suicide attacks, (2) countries with greater Sunni Muslim populations are likely to encounter more suicide attacks, and…
Uneasy Lies the Crown: External Threats to Religious Legitimacy and Interstate Dispute Militarization
Although often argued that religion should significantly influence international conflict, the empirical record is mixed. For every recurrent interreligious conflict, there are numerous examples of sustained interreligious cooperation. Conflict also frequently mars the oft-assumed peaceful relations between shared-religion states. We argue that religion is an important intervening factor in interstate dispute militarization, especially between in…
Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion
July 01 2013 Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion Davis Brown, Davis Brown Davis Brown is an assistant professor of political science at Maryville University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Michael L. Gross, Michael L. Gross Michael L. Gross is Professor of International Relations at the University of Haifa. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Tamar Meisels, Tamar Meisels…
Engagements to Marry and the Conflict of Laws
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion
July 01 2013 Just War Theory and the 2008–09 Gaza Invasion Davis Brown, Davis Brown Davis Brown is an assistant professor of political science at Maryville University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Michael L. Gross, Michael L. Gross Michael L. Gross is Professor of International Relations at the University of Haifa. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Tamar Meisels, Tamar Meisels…
The Permissive Nature of the Islamic War Ethic
Why the crime of aggression will not reduce the practice of aggression
The Influence of Religion on Interstate Armed Conflict: Government Religious Preference and First Use of Force, 1946-2002
Effects of religious norms on interstate armed conflict are understudied compared to such effects on intrastate conflict. Yet religion exerts no less influence on states' preferences and outcome of interstate interaction than other factors. Religion fosters emotion, in turn generating cognitive and motivational biases in states' leaders. Religion acts as a political ideology that inculcates worldviews and programs political agendas. Religion acco…
Religion and state entanglement and interstate armed conflict initiation, 1990–2010
The relationship of religion to armed conflict initiation, as opposed to occurrence, remains understudied and undertheorised. The same is true for the relationship of religion to armed conflicts between states, cf. intra-state or extra-state conflict. This contribution adds to the understanding of both of these conflict outcomes. It examines the relationship to interstate armed conflict initiation of state religion, operationalised as government …
The Religious Characteristics of States: Classic Themes and New Evidence for International Relations and Comparative Politics
For rigorous empirical study of religion to move forward, improved data on religious demographics of states’ populations, with more extensive and consistent coverage, become essential. The Religious Characteristics of States (RCS) data set project provides annual data on religious demographics for ninety-seven denominations, from 2010 back to as early as 1800 (approximately 6.7 million data points). Unlike existing data sets, RCS matches the temp…
War and Religion in the Secular Age: Faith and Interstate Armed Conflict Onset
Is religion a factor in initiating interstate armed conflict, and do different religions have different effects? Breaking new ground in political science, this book explores these questions both qualitatively and quantitively, concluding that the answer is yes. Previous studies have focused on conflict within states or interstate aggression with overtly religious motivations; in contrast, Brown shows how religion affects states’ propensities to m…
Measuring Long-Term Patterns of Political Secularization and Desecularization: Did They Happen or Not
Political secularization theories have predicted religion's decline in public and political life, and desecularization theories have predicted the reverse trend. However, there is little agreement on the timing of either phenomenon or even their existence. Until now, deep empirical tests of any of these were hampered by lack of historical country-level data on religious preferences of governments (previously used data sets go back only to 1990). …
Islam and Suicide Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis
Whether Islam is responsible for increased suicide terrorist attacks is a salient but highly controversial issue. Using independently produced demographics data, we investigate whether there is a correlation between Islam and suicide attacks. We find that (1) countries with greater Muslim populations are likely to experience more suicide attacks, (2) countries with greater Sunni Muslim populations are likely to encounter more suicide attacks, and…
Uneasy Lies the Crown: External Threats to Religious Legitimacy and Interstate Dispute Militarization
Although often argued that religion should significantly influence international conflict, the empirical record is mixed. For every recurrent interreligious conflict, there are numerous examples of sustained interreligious cooperation. Conflict also frequently mars the oft-assumed peaceful relations between shared-religion states. We argue that religion is an important intervening factor in interstate dispute militarization, especially between in…
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