Dumper Power, Piety, and People

The Politics of Holy Cities in the Twenty-First Century
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54566-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Michael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dumper, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?
2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline
3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present
4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism
5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?
6. Religious Conflicts in Cities
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Dumper is professor of Middle East politics at the University of Exeter. His many books include Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History, and the Future of the Holy City (Columbia, 2014). His most recent edited volume is Contested Holy Cities: The Urban Dimension of Religious Conflicts (2019).