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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-Fata⁺ѕwa⁺ѕ al-⁽¬A⁺ѕlamgi⁺ѕriyya / 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 Sim⁺Đhalatva / 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. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Violence -- Religious aspects.
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Violence -- South Asia -- History.
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| Additional author |
Hinnells, John R.
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King, Richard, 1966-
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| Bib utility control no. |
68965660 |
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