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War on Sacred Grounds.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801460418
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: War on Sacred GroundsDDC classification:
  • 203/.50956
LOC classification:
  • BL580
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue: "A Terrifying and Fascinating Mystery" -- 1. On Sacred Grounds -- Part One: Understanding Conflicts over Sacred Spaces -- 2. What Is Sacred Space? -- 3. The Indivisibility Problem -- 4. Conflict over Sacred Places -- 5. Mismanaging Conflicts over Sacred Places -- Part Two: Managing Conflicts over Sacred Spaces -- 6. The Foundations and Limits of Religious Authority -- 7. Successful Conflict Management: Jerusalem, 1967 -- 8. Successful Conflict Management: Mecca, 1979 -- 9. Lessons from Conflicts over Sacred Places -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over religious sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue: "A Terrifying and Fascinating Mystery" -- 1. On Sacred Grounds -- Part One: Understanding Conflicts over Sacred Spaces -- 2. What Is Sacred Space? -- 3. The Indivisibility Problem -- 4. Conflict over Sacred Places -- 5. Mismanaging Conflicts over Sacred Places -- Part Two: Managing Conflicts over Sacred Spaces -- 6. The Foundations and Limits of Religious Authority -- 7. Successful Conflict Management: Jerusalem, 1967 -- 8. Successful Conflict Management: Mecca, 1979 -- 9. Lessons from Conflicts over Sacred Places -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over religious sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes.

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