TY - BOOK AU - Hinnells,John R AU - King,Richard TI - Religion and violence in South Asia : theory and practice SN - 9780415372916 AV - BL65.V55 R458 2006 U1 - 201.763320954 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Violence KW - Religious aspects KW - South Asia KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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-fatáwá al-ýàlamg/riyya / 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015458.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006015458-d.html ER -