The an Asian perspective Gier, Nicholas F. 1944- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. mdu 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource 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. 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. Nicholas F. Gier. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index. a------ 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 BL65.V55 G54 2014 201/.76332095 Gier, Nicholas F., 1944- (DLC) 2014021842 (OCoLC)881208637 9780739192221 0739192221 9781498501880 1498501885 9780739192238 073919223X 9780739192238 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=838925 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=838925 COO 140604 20200709060221.0 ocn889813426 eng