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ISBN	9780415372909 (hbk)
	9780415372916 (pbk)
	0415372909 (hbk)
	0415372917 (pbk)
OCLC Number	(Alma)990020725070204146
	(Aleph)002072507TAU01
	(OCoLC)68965660
Title	Religion and violence in South Asia : theory and practice / edited by John R. Hinnells and Richard King
Imprint	London ; New York : Routledge, c2007
Descr.	ix, 265 p.
Bibliogr.	Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents	Introduction / John R. Hinnells and Richard King -- Classical approaches to violence in South Asian traditions -- Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives / Laurie I. Patton -- The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship / Paul Dundas -- Buddhist monks, Buddhist kings, Buddhist violence : on the early Buddhist attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin -- Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-Fatāwā al-ʻĀlamgīriyya / Robert Gleave -- Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken for wonder / Balbinder Singh Bhogal -- Religion and violence in contemporary South Asia -- Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Siṃhalatva / Peter Schalk -- Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot -- The 2002 pogrom in Gujarat : the post-9/11 face of Hindu nationalist anti-Muslim violence / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Theory : framing the ’religion and violence’ debate -- A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk -- The global fiduciary : mediating the violence of ’religion’ / Arvind Mandair -- The association of ’religion’ with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King
Top.Subj. - Misc.	Violence -- Religious aspects.
	Violence -- South Asia -- History
Geo.Subj. - Misc.	South Asia -- Religion
Add.Entry	Hinnells, John R.
	King, Richard, 1966-
Electronic Format	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015458.html ;
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