War on Sacred Grounds

Name: War on Sacred Grounds
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ISBN: 9780801478802

ISBN-10: 0801478804

ISBN-13: 9780801478802

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ron E. Hassner

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Sacred sites offer believers the possibility of communing with the divine and achieving deeper insight into their faith. Yet their spiritual and cultural importance can lead to competition as religious groups seek to exclude rivals from practicing potentially sacrilegious rituals in the hallowed space and wish to assert their own claims. Holy places thus create the potential for military, theological, or political clashes, not only between competing religious groups but also between religious groups and secular actors.In War on Sacred Grounds, Ron E. Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English