Description
Book SynopsisA study of the contradictory role of religion in Sri Lanka as a force that is both stabilising whilst also acting as a source of conflict.
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsList 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
