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Journal of Contemporary Politics

Year: 2025, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 152-158

Original Article

Religion and its Practice in International Relations

Received Date:30 August 2025, Accepted Date:04 November 2025, Published Date:01 December 2025

Abstract

The religious ideas, institutions, and actors have been increased considerably both in numbers and influence around the world, and the world is witnessing the “post-secular age,” which has offered wider space for religion. Besides, an optimality of religion in national and international affairs has also created multiple problems. Extreme religiosity in a number of countries has led to religion-based violence, which is more prevalent mostly in economically and socially backward states. This paper highlights the historical place of religion in IR studies, and subsequent paradigm shift in the nature of practice of religion in the political domain of national regimes and international relations.

Keywords

Religion, International Relations, Nationalism, Nation-building, Religious Violence

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