{"product_id":"power-piety-and-people-9780231184779","title":"Power Piety and People","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly original and fascinating empirical research, combined with theoretical depth, positions this book on high ground. Dumper adroitly and expertly examines the nexus between religion and urbanity in five holy cities in Israel\/Palestine, Spain, India, China, and Malaysia. The book foregrounds the intersection of structural determinants and street-level phenomena as key to understanding whether dominance or tolerance takes hold in urban space. -- Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePower, Piety and People\u003c\/i\u003e brings together both political insights into the key dynamics that comprise religious conflicts in cities and detailed studies of relevant cases across two continents. Dumper examines the patterns of urban conflict that flow from the way key religious sites are used and how they are managed, financed, and protected. The result is a fascinating and informative analysis of the complexity and the intractability of religious conflicts which will inform those concerned with the growing challenges of an increasingly urbanized world. -- Lynn Meskell, author of \u003ci\u003eA Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePower, Piety, and People\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies. -- Rex Brynen, McGill University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures, Maps, and Tables\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?\u003cbr\u003e2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline\u003cbr\u003e3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present\u003cbr\u003e4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism\u003cbr\u003e5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?\u003cbr\u003e6. Religious Conflicts in Cities\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400323932503,"sku":"9780231184779","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231184779.jpg?v=1730470390","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/power-piety-and-people-9780231184779","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}