List of Illustrations
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary and Acronyms
1. Introduction
2. The East as a Complex Religious Field
3. Land and Water, War and not War
4. Making Sacred Space
5. Conflict in the Plural
6. Boundary Politics, Religion and Peace-Building
7. Afterword: War’s End
8. Reflections
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Jonathan Spencer is Regius Professor of South Asian Language,
Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh. He is the
co-author of Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque (Pluto,
2014).
Jonathan Goodhand is Professor of Development Studies at the
University of Melbourne and Professor in Conflict and Development
Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is the co-author of
Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque (Pluto, 2014).
Shahul Hasbullah is Professor of Geography at the University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is the co-author of Checkpoint, Temple,
Church and Mosque (Pluto, 2014).
Bart Klem is Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of
Melbourne. He is the co-author of Checkpoint, Temple, Church and
Mosque (Pluto, 2014).
Benedikt Korf is Associate Professor of Geography at the University
of Zurich.
Kalinga Tudor Silva is Professor of Sociology at the University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is the co-author of Checkpoint, Temple,
Church and Mosque (Pluto, 2014).
'Draws together an extraordinarily rich body of ethnographic
research in Sri Lanka that challenges conventional wisdoms about
religion and conflict. Exquisitely written and subtly argued this
book is essential reading for practitioners and researchers engaged
in the fields of development, conflict and religion'
*Jude Howell, Professor of International Development, London School
of Economics*
'The substantive contributions of this book to our understanding of
the intertwined life of war and peace are unparalleled and what is
even more remarkable is their mode of thinking that privileges
co-operative modes of work. An inspiring and deeply moving
book'
*Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns
Hopkins University*
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