Title Governing the sacred : political toleration in five contested sacred sites / Yuval Jobani and Nahshon Perez

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) Contents Introduction -- 1. Basic Concepts and Strategies of Inquiry -- 2. Devils Tower National Monument/Bear Lodge (Wyoming): On Non-Interference at Contested Sacred Sites -- 3. Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid (Uttar Pradesh): "Separation and Division" at Contested Sacred Sites -- 4. The Western Wall: State Preference at Contested Sacred Sites -- 5. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Temple Mount/Haram esh-Sharif (Jerusalem): Status Quo and Closure at Contested Sacred Sites -- Conclusion: Political Toleration in Contested Sacred Sites -- Bibliography -- Index Summary ""Contested sacred sites pose a difficult challenge in the field of toleration. Holy sites are often at the center of intense contestation between different groups regarding a wide variety of issues, including ownership, access, usage rights, permissible religious conduct, and many other aspects. As such, they are often the source of immense levels of violence, and intractable, long standing conflicts. Governing the Sacred profiles five central contested sacred sites which exemplify the immense difficulties associated with such sites: Devils Tower National Monument (Wyoming, U.S.), Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi (Uttar-Pradesh, India), the Western Wall (Jerusalem), The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem) and the Temple Mount/Haram esh-Sharif (Jerusalem). The in-depth, contextual and casuistic study of these sites, which differ in spatial, cultural and religious settings, enables the construction of a novel, critical typology of five corresponding models or ways of governing the sacred. By telling the fascinating stories of five high-profile contested sacred sites, Governing the Sacred develops and critically explores five different models of governing contested sacred sites: 'non-interference', 'separation and division', 'preference', 'status-quo', and 'closure'. Each model, in turn, relies on different sets of considerations, central among them, trade-offs between religious liberty and social order. Beyond its scholarly contribution, the novel typology, developed in Governing the Sacred, aims to assist democratic governments in their attempt to secure public order and mutual toleration among opposed groups in contested sacred sites""-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2020) Subject Sacred space -- Law and legislation -- Case studies Religion and state -- Case studies Religion and politics -- Case studies Religion and politics Religion and state Sacred space -- Law and legislation Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Perez, Nahshon, 1973- author LC no. 2019040351 ISBN 9780190932411 0190932414 9780190932404 0190932406 9780190932398 0190932392

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