Religion, space, and conflict in Sri Lanka: colonial and postcolonial contexts
The British colonial period -- The spatial component of the Sri Lankan Buddhist imaginary 1590s to 1815 -- The Evangelical Protestant missionary spatial imaginary -- The spatial impact of missionary schools -- The spatial impact of church building -- British and Buddhist imaginaries: the sacred citi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge
2018
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Routledge South Asian religion series (10)
Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge South Asian religion series
10 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sri Lanka
/ Religious geography
/ Buddhism
/ Interreligiosity
/ Colonialism
/ Postcolonialism
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| RelBib Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism (Sri Lanka)
History
B Religion and geography B Sri Lanka Religion History |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | The British colonial period -- The spatial component of the Sri Lankan Buddhist imaginary 1590s to 1815 -- The Evangelical Protestant missionary spatial imaginary -- The spatial impact of missionary schools -- The spatial impact of church building -- British and Buddhist imaginaries: the sacred cities, the Aryan debate and the Tamil other -- Ancient cities and narratives of power -- The postcolonial period -- Sinhala Buddhist imaginaries post-1948 and during the ethnic war -- Ethnic conflict, internal war, and the spatial 1912-2009 -- Spatial change and competition after the ending of armed conflict -- Concluding thoughts |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1138302015 |