Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque

A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque by Benedikt Korf, Bart Klem, Shahul Hasbullah, Jonathan Goodhand, Jonathan Spencer, Kalinga Tudor Silva, Pluto Press
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Author: Benedikt Korf, Bart Klem, Shahul Hasbullah, Jonathan Goodhand, Jonathan Spencer, Kalinga Tudor Silva ISBN: 9781783712151
Publisher: Pluto Press Publication: December 20, 2014
Imprint: Pluto Press Language: English
Author: Benedikt Korf, Bart Klem, Shahul Hasbullah, Jonathan Goodhand, Jonathan Spencer, Kalinga Tudor Silva
ISBN: 9781783712151
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication: December 20, 2014
Imprint: Pluto Press
Language: English

Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. *BR**BR*Based on fieldwork conducted in Sri Lanka's most religiously diverse and politically troubled region during the country's civil war (1983-2009), it provides a series of new and provocative arguments about the promise of a religiously based civil society, and the strengths and weaknesses of religious organisations and religious leaders in conflict mediation. *BR**BR*The authors argue that for people trapped in long and violent conflicts, religion ultimately plays a contradictory role, and that its institutions are themselves profoundly affected by war - producing a complex picture in which Catholic priests engage with Buddhist monks and new Muslim leaders, and where Hindu temples and Pentecostal churches offer the promise of healing.

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Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. *BR**BR*Based on fieldwork conducted in Sri Lanka's most religiously diverse and politically troubled region during the country's civil war (1983-2009), it provides a series of new and provocative arguments about the promise of a religiously based civil society, and the strengths and weaknesses of religious organisations and religious leaders in conflict mediation. *BR**BR*The authors argue that for people trapped in long and violent conflicts, religion ultimately plays a contradictory role, and that its institutions are themselves profoundly affected by war - producing a complex picture in which Catholic priests engage with Buddhist monks and new Muslim leaders, and where Hindu temples and Pentecostal churches offer the promise of healing.

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