Religion, Mass Atrocities, and Genocide

How might we make sense of the connection between religion, genocide, and mass atrocities? Why is interrogating this connection through a critical theoretical frame vital for articulating a more capacious analysis of religion and peacebuilding? 

A common assumption is that religiously motivated atrocities are self-evident. However, the dynamics and relations between religion and atrocities are complex and require significant analytical parsing. In exploring these connections, this roundtable will examine the relation between religion and genocide and mass atrocities by focusing on the Gaza genocide from a comparative perspective.