03723cam a2200697 i 4500 ocn889813426 OCoLC 20200709060221.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 140604t20142014mdu ob 001 0 eng c COO eng rda pn COO MHW EBLCP IDEBK YDXCP CDX OCLCF ZCU N$T MERUC OCLCQ 9780739192221 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0739192221 9781498501880 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1498501885 9780739192238 (ebook) 073919223X 9780739192238 838925 (N$T) (OCoLC)889813426 pcc a------ BL65.V55 G54 2014 OCC 033000 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 201/.76332095 23 MAIN Gier, Nicholas F., 1944- author. The origins of religious violence : an Asian perspective / Nicholas F. Gier. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Violence Religious aspects. Religion and civil society Asia. Social conflict Religious aspects. Nationalism Religious aspects. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Gaia & Earth Energies. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Nationalism Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01033849 Religion and civil society. fast (OCoLC)fst01742918 Social conflict Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01122395 Violence Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01167248 Asia. fast (OCoLC)fst01240495 Electronic books. Print version: Gier, Nicholas F., 1944- Origins of religious violence 9780739192221 (DLC) 2014021842 (OCoLC)881208637 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=838925 Coutts Information Services COUT 29749547 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1775997 EBSCOhost EBSC 838925 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis29749547 YBP Library Services YANK 12056834 92 N$T 55408 55408