Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace

by Benedikt Korf, Kalinga Tudor Silva, Shahul Hasbullah, et al.

Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. Based on fieldwork conducted in Sri Lanka's most religiously diverse and politically troubled region during the country's civil war (1983-2009), it provides a series of new and provocative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745331211
• ISBN13: 9780745331218
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"