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Religion and violence in South Asia : theory and practice
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Religion and violence in South Asia : theory and practice

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Introduction / John Hinnells and Richard King
Classical approaches to violence in south Asian traditions
Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives / Laurie I. Patton
The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship / Paul Dundas
Early Buddhist approaches and attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin
Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-fatáwá al-ýàlamg/riyya / Robert Gleave
Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken as wonder / Balbinder Bhogal
Religion and violence in contemporary south Asia
Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Sinhalatva / Peter Schalk
Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot
Communal riots in Gujarat : the state at risk? / Christophe Jaffrelot
Theory : framing the "religion and violence" debate
A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk
The global fiduciary : learning to mediate the violence of "religion" / Arvind Mandair
The association of religion with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King.

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