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Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites - Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,339
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Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites - Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution (Hardcover): Elazar Barkan, Karen Barkey

Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites - Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution (Hardcover)

Elazar Barkan, Karen Barkey

Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life, 22

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This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria, indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between competition and cooperation, coexistence and conflict. Contributors probe the notion of coexistence and the logic that underlies centuries of "sharing," exploring when and why sharing gets interrupted -- or not -- by conflict, and the policy consequences.

These essays map the choreographies of shared sacred spaces within the framework of state-society relations, juxtaposing a site's political and religious features and exploring whether sharing or contestation is primarily religious or politically motivated. While religion and politics are intertwined phenomena, the contributors to this volume understand the category of "religion" and the "political" as devices meant to distinguish between the theological and confessional aspects of religion and the political goals of groups. Their comparative approach better represents the transition in some cases of sites into places of hatred and violence while in other instances they remain noncontroversial. The essays clearly delineate the religious and political factors that contribute to the context and causality of conflict at these sites and draw on history and anthropology to shed light on the often rapid switch from relative tolerance to distress to peace and calm.

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Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life, 22
Release date: November 2014
First published: December 2014
Editors: Elazar Barkan • Karen Barkey
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-16994-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Interfaith relations
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Interfaith relations
LSN: 0-231-16994-9
Barcode: 9780231169943

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