Buddhist extremists and Muslim minorities : religious conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka / edited by John Clifford Holt.

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Book
Language
English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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vii, 242 pages ; 25 cm

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    This collection of essays investigate the history and current conditions of Buddhist-Muslim relations in Sri Lanka in an attempt to ascertain the causes of the present conflict. It is a much-needed, timely commentary that can potentially shift the standard narrative on Muslims and religious violence.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / John Clifford Holt
    • Sinhala Buddhist nationalism and Muslim identity in Sri Lanka: one hundred years of conflict and coexistence / M.A. Nuhman
    • Rethinking Muslim identity in Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray
    • Refuge in the state: Buddhist monks and virtuous governmentality / Jonathan A. Young
    • Configurations of Buddhist nationalism in modern Sri Lanka / Benjamin Schonthal
    • Gossip, rumor, and propaganda in anti-Muslim campaigns of the Bodu Bala Sena / Kalinga Tudor Silva
    • Adjudicating antiquity: the politics of historical confrontation at Devanagala, Sri Lanka / Philip Friedrich
    • Stories in the aftermath of Aluthgama / Farzana Haniffa
    • A religious syntax to recent communal violence in Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt.
    ISBN
    • 9780190624378 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 019062437X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780190624385 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190624388 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190624396
    • 9780190624392
    • 019062440X
    • 9780190624408
    LCCN
    2016009998
    OCLC
    948560703
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