Rev. Patrick D. Gaffney, CSC
Associate Professor of Anthropology
(PhD, University of Chicago, 1982)
622 Flanner
574-631-4113
email: pgaffney@nd.edu
http://anthropology.nd.edu/faculty-staff/gaffney_patrick/index.shtml
Geographic focus: Middle East and Eastern Africa
Thematic interests: Religion and politics; social violence and peacemaking; human rights and humanitarian intervention; Islamic society and popular movements.
Current research: Religion, violence, and reconciliation in the context of strained ethnic relations and the breakdown of political and economic order in central Africa.
Selected publications:
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"Islam" in The Christian Theological Tradition, Cory and Hollerich, eds. (Prentice Hall, 2009)
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The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt, (University of California Press, 1994)
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Coauthor, Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention in Interstate Crises (Kumarian 1999)
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Numerous articles dealing with Islamic resurgence, ethnic conflict, and interreligious relations in the Middle East and central Africa
