The origins of religious violence an Asian perspective / Nicholas F. Gier.

Author/creator Gier, Nicholas F., 1944-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham ; Lexington Books, [2014].
Descriptionxxvii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents From Mongols to mughals: Hindu-Muslim relations in Medieval India -- Hindu nationalism, modernism, and reverse Orientalism -- Premodern harmony, Sri Lankan Buddhist nationalism, and violence -- Burmese nationalisms and religious violence against Muslims -- Buddhism in Bhutan: from violent lamas to peaceful kings -- "Compassionate" violence in Tibet: 1,000 years of war magic -- Buddhism and Japanese nationalism: a sad chronicle of complicity -- Sikhism, the seduction of modernism, and the question of violence -- Religious nationalism, violence, and Taiping Christianity -- Hypotheses on the reasons for religious violence -- The gospel of weak belief, overcoming the other, and constructive postmodernism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014021842
ISBN9780739192221 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781498501880 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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