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Governing the Sacred - Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites (Hardcover)
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Governing the Sacred - Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites (Hardcover)
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Holy sites are often at the center of intense contestation between
different groups regarding a wide variety of issues, including
ownership, access, usage rights, permissible religious conduct, and
many others. They are often the source of intractable long-standing
conflicts and extreme violence. These difficulties are exemplified
by the five sites profiled in Governing the Sacred : Devils Tower
National Monument (Wyoming, US), Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi
(Uttar-Pradesh, India), the Western Wall (Jerusalem), the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), and the Temple Mount/Haram
esh-Sharif (Jerusalem). Telling the fascinating stories of these
high-profile contested sites, the authors develop and critically
explore five different models of governing such sites:
"non-interference," "separation and division," "preference,"
"status-quo," and "closure." Each model relies on different sets of
considerations; central among them are trade-offs between religious
liberty and social order. This novel typology aims to assist
democratic governments in their attempt to secure public order and
mutual toleration among opposed groups in contested sacred sites.
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