Religion and violence in South Asia : theory and practice
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London New York :
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classical approaches to violence in south Asian traditions
- Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives
- 3. The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship
- 4. Early Buddhist approaches and attitudes to violence
- 5. Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-fatâawâa al-ây?alamg/riyya
- 6. Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken as wonder
- 7. Religion and violence in contemporary south Asia
- Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Sinhalatva
- 8. Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan
- 9. Communal riots in Gujarat : the state at risk?
- 10. Theory : framing the "religion and violence" debate
- A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies
- 11. The global fiduciary : learning to mediate the violence of "religion"
- 12. The association of religion with violence : reflections on a modern trope