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Spencer, Jonathan, 1954-

Checkpoint, temple, church and mosque : a collaborative ethnography of war and peace / Jonathan Spencer, Jonathan Goodhand, Shahul Hasbullah, Bart Klem, Benedikt Korf and Kalinga Tudor Silva. - xiii, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm - Anthropology, culture and society . - Anthropology, culture, and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

The East as a complex religious field -- Land and water, war and not war -- Making sacred space -- Conflict in the plural -- Boundary politics, religion and peace-building -- Afterword : War's end -- Reflections.

Checkpoint, temple, church and mosque is based on fieldwork in Sri Lanka's most religiously diverse and politically troubled region in the closing years of the civil war. 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.--Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780745331218

LCCN: 2016462968

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB4D3180 bnb GBB4D5374 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016954354 Uk 016956550 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War--Religious aspects.
Peace--Religious aspects.
Ethnic conflict--Religious aspects.
Ethnology--Sri Lanka.
Ethnic conflict--Religious aspects.
Ethnology.
Peace--Religious aspects.
War--Religious aspects.
Bürgerkrieg
Konfliktbewältigung
Religiöser Konflikt
Bürgerkrieg in Sri Lanka
Friede
Religion

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka--Ost

LC Class. No.: BL65.W2 / S67 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 303.6095493 / SPE