Civil society in Malerkotla, Punjab fostering resilience through religion /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randhawa, Karenjot Bhangoo, 1976-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Identifying peacebuilding at work: notes on methodology
  • The need for Sikh-Muslim analysis
  • Methodological challenges
  • Outline of the book
  • Evolution of theories: conflict and peace
  • Religion and conflict
  • Peacebuilding at the state and community level
  • Civil society
  • The role of religion
  • Group identity and space sharing
  • Narratives in religious communities
  • Rationale for case study in an ethnographic tradition
  • Researchable questions
  • Content analysis
  • Ethnographic methods
  • In-depth interviewing
  • Sikhism and Islam: a historical look at religious constructions of peace and conflict
  • Tensions in history: Sikhs and Muslims
  • Islam and nonviolence in the Punjab
  • Partition
  • Partition's effect on Malerkotla
  • Perspectives from Malerkotla
  • Religion and history
  • Religious historical narratives
  • Understanding others religious teachings and practices
  • Religious exchange
  • Ideas of peace and conflict informed by sacred text/teachings/similarity in content
  • Conflict incidences
  • Engagement in peacebuilding activities
  • Analysis of findings
  • Civil society linkages
  • Negotiating the collective memory: narratives of past and present
  • Inclusive political processes
  • Economic life and interreligious relations
  • Society
  • Education
  • Social relations
  • Conflict resolution systems
  • Media
  • Conclusion.