The origins of religious violence :
Gier, Nicholas F., 1944-
The origins of religious violence : an Asian perspective / Nicholas F. Gier. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
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.
A scholar of world religions investigates religiously motivated violence that occurred in medieval Tibet and Bhutan, as well as in modern India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Japan. The fusion of religious and national identity in high lamas and divine kings has caused just as much violence in Asia as it did in Europe and the Middle East.
9780739192221 0739192221 9781498501880 1498501885 9780739192238 073919223X 9780739192238
Violence--Religious aspects.
Religion and civil society--Asia.
Social conflict--Religious aspects.
Nationalism--Religious aspects.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Nationalism--Religious aspects.
Religion and civil society.
Social conflict--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Asia.
Electronic books.
BL65.V55 / G54 2014
201/.76332095
The origins of religious violence : an Asian perspective / Nicholas F. Gier. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
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.
A scholar of world religions investigates religiously motivated violence that occurred in medieval Tibet and Bhutan, as well as in modern India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Japan. The fusion of religious and national identity in high lamas and divine kings has caused just as much violence in Asia as it did in Europe and the Middle East.
9780739192221 0739192221 9781498501880 1498501885 9780739192238 073919223X 9780739192238
Violence--Religious aspects.
Religion and civil society--Asia.
Social conflict--Religious aspects.
Nationalism--Religious aspects.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Nationalism--Religious aspects.
Religion and civil society.
Social conflict--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Asia.
Electronic books.
BL65.V55 / G54 2014
201/.76332095
