Religion and violence in South Asia
Subtitle: theory and practice
By: edited by John R. Hinnells and Richard King
Contributors: Hinnells, John R; King, Richard, 1966-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: hbk; pbk; ebook
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780415372909; 9780415372916; 9780203088692
Subjects: Violence -- Religious aspects; Violence -- South Asia -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John R. Hinnells and Richard King; title: Classical approaches to violence in South Asian traditions; title: Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives / Laurie I. Patton; title: The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship /  Paul Dundas; title: Buddhist monks, Buddhist kings, Buddhist violence : on the early Buddhist attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin; title: Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-Fatāwā al-ʻĀlamgīriyya / Robert Gleave; title: Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken for wonder / Balbinder Singh Bhogal; title: Religion and violence in contemporary South Asia; title: Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Siṃhalatva / Peter Schalk; title: Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot; title: The 2002 pogrom in Gujarat : the post-9/11 face of Hindu nationalist anti-Muslim violence / Christophe Jaffrelot; title: Theory : framing the 'religion and violence' debate; title: A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk; title: The global fiduciary : mediating the violence of 'religion' / Arvind Mandair; title: The association of 'religion' with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King