dc.description.abstract | The study focused on the impact of religion of international relations in Kenya. The
main areas explored were international relations issues and challenges, the perspective
of international relation scholars on religion and the impact of religion on
international relations.
The study was explanatory. The study focused mainly on secondary data. That is
books, journals and research that has been done by various scholars in the field of
international relations and religious studies. In the area of international relations
issues and challenges the main focus was on globalization, terrorism, media and
culture. The perspective of international relation scholars on religion aimed at looking
at what social scientists, policy makers and various scholars view are on religion.
The study established that religion has been overlooked as an element in international
relations. The study show that religion has multiple influences on international
relations including influencing the world views of leaders and constituents, to bestow
legitimacy, terrorism, human rights, foreign policy and even opposing certain
practices.
Religion is on the rise. There is an increase in the number of groups described as
religious and their actions are motivated by ideas animated by religion which has
influence on outcomes war, terrorism, human rights, foreign policy, and peace
settlement. Therefore religion could provide a universal understanding of the
aspirations of different identity | en_US |