Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity in direction and character for their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how...
Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity in direction and character for their state, a struggle complicated ...
Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity - in direction and character - for their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics. In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how...
Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity - in direction and character - for their state, a struggle complicated...
In colonial Africa, Christianity has often supported, sustained, and legitimated a violent process of governance. More recently, however, following decades of violence and oppression, churches and religious organizations have mobilized African publics against corrupt and abusive regimes and facilitated new forms of reconciliation and cooperation. It is the purpose of "Displacing the State: Religion and Conflict in Neoliberal Africa"" "to illustrate the nature of religion s ambivalent power in Africa while suggesting new directions in the study of religion, conflict, and peace studies, with...
In colonial Africa, Christianity has often supported, sustained, and legitimated a violent process of governance. More recently, however, following...
