Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia - 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 Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia write by Bardwell L. Smith. This book was released on 1976. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Special Number on Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia
Special Number on Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia - 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 Special Number on Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia write by Bardwell L. Smith. This book was released on 1976. Special Number on Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia
Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia - 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 Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia write by William Gould. This book was released on 2011-12-05. Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is one of the first single-author comparisons of different South Asian states around the theme of religious conflict. Based on new research and syntheses of the literature on 'communalism', it argues that religious conflict in this region in the modern period was never simply based on sectarian or theological differences or the clash of civilizations. Instead, the book proposes that the connection between religious radicalism and everyday violence relates to the actual (and perceived) weaknesses of political and state structures. For some, religious and ethnic mobilisation has provided a means of protest, where representative institutions failed. For others, it became a method of dealing with an uncertain political and economic future. For many it has no concrete or deliberate function, but has effectively upheld social stability, paternalism and local power, in the face of globalisation and the growing aspirations of the region's most underprivileged citizens.
Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia
Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia - 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 Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia write by Linell E. Cady. This book was released on 2006-09-27. Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in the contemporary world, with a special focus on South and Southeast Asia. Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia shows how this region is the site of recent and emerging democracies, a high degree of religious pluralism, the largest Muslim populations in the world, and several well-organized terrorist groups, making understanding of the dynamics of religious conflict and violence particularly urgent. By bringing scholars from religious studies, political science, sociology, anthropology and international relations into conversation with each other, this volume brings much needed attention to the role of religion in fostering violence in the region and addresses strategies for its containment or resolution. The dearth of other literature on the intersection of religion, politics and violence in contemporary South and Southeast Asia makes the timing of this book particularly relevant. This book will of great interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Asian politics, security studies and conflict studies.
Religion and Violence in South Asia
Religion and Violence in South Asia - 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 Religion and Violence in South Asia write by John Hinnells. This book was released on 2007-01-24. Religion and Violence in South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do religions justify and cause violence or are they more appropriately seen as forces for peace and tolerance? Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, this book explores the debate that has emerged in the context of secular modernity about whether religion is a primary cause of social division, conflict and war, or whether this is simply a distortion of the ‘true’ significance of religion and that if properly followed it promotes peace, harmony, goodwill and social cohesion. Focusing on how this debate is played out in the South Asian context, the book engages with issues relating to religion and violence in both its classical and contemporary formations. The collection is designed to look beyond the stereotypical images and idealized portrayals of the peaceful South Asian religious traditions (especially Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sufi), which can occlude their own violent histories and to analyze the diverse attitudes towards, and manifestations of violence within the major religious traditions of South Asia. Divided into three sections, the book also discusses globalization and the theoretical issues that inform contemporary discussions of the relationship between religion and violence.
