Linell E. Cady / Sheldon W. Simon (eds.)

Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia

Disrupting Violence
Herausgeber: Cady, Linell E.; Simon, Sheldon W.

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in South and Southeast Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9780415397346
• ISBN-10: 0415397340
• Artikelnr.: 21554262

Autorenporträt

LINELL E. CADY is the Franca G. Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, at Arizona State University. She is the author of Religion, Theology and American Public Life, and the co-editor of Religious Studies, Theology, and the University: Conflicting Maps, Changing Terrain. Prior to her 2003 appointment as director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Professor Cady served as chair of the religious studies department, and associate and interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
SHELDON W. SIMON is professor of political science and faculty affiliate of the Center for Asian Studies and Program in Southeast Asian Studies at Arizona State University where he has been a faculty member for 30 years. Dr. Simon is also Chairman of the Southeast Asian Studies Advisory Group and Senior Advisor to The National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle. He is a consultant to the U.S. Departments of State and Defense on Asian security. He is author or editor of nine books, most recently The Many Faces of Asian Security and over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters’. ‘In recent years, Simon has held research grants from The U.S. Pacific Command, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, and the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, USA
Dept of Political Science, Arizona State University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction: Disrupting Violence: Religion and Conflict in
South and Southeast Asia 2. From Bhindranwale to Bin Laden: A Search for
Understanding Religious Violence 3. The Sword Against the Crescent:
Religion and Violence in Muslim Southeast Asia 4. Buddhism, Violence, and
the State in Burma (Myanmar) and Sri Lanka 5. The Roots of Religious
Violence in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh 6. Religious Conflict and the
Globalization of Knowledge in Indonesian History 7. Religious Violence
Beyond Borders: Reframing South Asian Cases 8. The (Psychic) Roots of
Religious Violence in South and Southeast Asia 9. Debating Strategies for
Disrupting Violence: Lessons from South Asia 10. Violence and the Long Road
to Reconciliation in Southern Thailand 11. Lévinas and the Question of
Civilizational Amity after September 11. Notes on Contributors. About The
National Bureau of Asian Research. About The Center for the Study of
Religion and Conflict. Index