Author : Iselin Frydenlund
Release : 2020-02-28
Genre : Social Science
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Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World write by Iselin Frydenlund. This book was released on 2020-02-28. Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the first to critically analyze Buddhist-Muslim relations in Theravada Buddhist majority states in South and Southeast Asia. Asia is home to the largest population of Buddhists and Muslims. In recent years, this interfaith communal living has incurred conflicts, such as the ethnic-religious conflicts in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Experts from around the world collaborate to provide a comprehensive look into religious pluralism and religious violence. The book is divided into two sections. The first section provides historical background to the three countries with the largest Buddhist-Muslim relations. The second section has chapters that focus on specific encounters between Buddhists and Muslims, which includes anti-Buddhist sentiments in Bangladesh, the role of gender in Muslim-Buddhist relations and the rise of anti-Muslim and anti-Rohingya sentiments in Myanmar. By exploring historical fluctuations over time—paying particular attention to how state-formations condition Muslim-Buddhist entanglements—the book shows the processual and relational aspects of religious identity constructions and Buddhist-Muslim interactions in Theravada Buddhist majority states.