Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict?
"Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque" is based on fieldwork in Sri Lanka s most religiously diverse and politically troubled region in the closing years of the civil war. It provides a series of new and provocative arguments about the promise of a religiously based civil society, and the strengths and weaknesses of religious organisations and religious leaders in conflict mediation. It argues that for people trapped in long and violent conflicts, religion plays a contradictory...