Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque(English, Hardcover, Spencer Jonathan)

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Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque(English, Hardcover, Spencer Jonathan) is written by Spencer Jonathan and published by Pluto Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 074533122X (ISBN 10) and 9780745331225 (ISBN 13).

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. 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. 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.