War on Sacred Grounds /

War on Sacred Grounds / / 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 spa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Hassner, Ron E.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]
©2013
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 13 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Prologue: "A Terrifying and Fascinating Mystery"
  • 1. On Sacred Grounds
  • Part I. 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 II. 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

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