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Religion and violence in South Asia, theory and practice, edited by John R. Hinnells and Richard King

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Religion and violence in South Asia

edited by John R. Hinnells and Richard King

theory and practice

Introduction / John 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 -- Early Buddhist approaches and attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin -- Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-Fatāwā al-Ālamgīriyya / Robert Gleave -- Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken as wonder / Balbinder Bhogal -- Religion and violence in contemporary south Asia -- Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Sinhalatva / Peter Schalk -- Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot -- Communal riots in Gujarat : the state at risk? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Theory : framing the "religion and violence" debate -- A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk -- The global fiduciary : learning to mediate the violence of "religion" / Arvind Mandair -- The association of religion with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King