LEADER 04370nam 22006255 450 001 9910481016603321 005 20210909203306.0 010 $a0-8014-6040-9 010 $a0-8014-6041-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460418 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079131 035 $a(OCoLC)726824278 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457640 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304344 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450195 035 $a(PQKB)10971793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138018 035 $a(OCoLC)966768942 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51973 035 $a(DE-B1597)478454 035 $a(OCoLC)979969978 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460418 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079131 100 $a20190708d2009 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar on Sacred Grounds /$fRon E. Hassner 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-4806-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPrologue: "A Terrifying and Fascinating Mystery" --$t1. On Sacred Grounds --$tPart I. Understanding Conflicts over Sacred Spaces --$t2. What Is Sacred Space? --$t3. The Indivisibility Problem --$t4. Conflict over Sacred Places --$t5. Mismanaging Conflicts over Sacred Places --$tPart II. Managing Conflicts over Sacred Spaces --$t6. The Foundations and Limits of Religious Authority --$t7. Successful Conflict Management: Jerusalem, 1967 --$t8. Successful Conflict Management: Mecca, 1979 --$t9. Lessons from Conflicts over Sacred Places --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aSacred sites offer believers the possibility of communing with the divine and achieving deeper insight into their faith. Yet their spiritual and cultural importance can lead to competition as religious groups seek to exclude rivals from practicing potentially sacrilegious rituals in the hallowed space and wish to assert their own claims. Holy places thus create the potential for military, theological, or political clashes, not only between competing religious groups but also between religious groups and secular actors. In War on Sacred Grounds, Ron E. Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes. Hassner illustrates a complex and poorly understood political dilemma with accounts of the failures to reach settlement at Temple Mount/Haram el-Sharif, leading to the clashes of 2000, and the competing claims of Hindus and Muslims at Ayodhya, which resulted in the destruction of the mosque there in 1992. He also addresses more successful compromises in Jerusalem in 1967 and Mecca in 1979. Sacred sites, he contends, are particularly prone to conflict because they provide valuable resources for both religious and political actors yet cannot be divided.The management of conflicts over sacred sites requires cooperation, Hassner suggests, between political leaders interested in promoting conflict resolution and religious leaders who can shape the meaning and value that sacred places hold for believers. Because a reconfiguration of sacred space requires a confluence of political will, religious authority, and a window of opportunity, it is relatively rare. Drawing on the study of religion and the study of politics in equal measure, Hassner's account offers insight into the often-violent dynamics that come into play at the places where religion and politics collide. 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aConflict management$xReligious aspects 606 $aSacred space$xManagement 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 0$aConflict management$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aSacred space$xManagement. 676 $a203/.50956 700 $aHassner$b Ron E$g(Ron Eduard),$01029571 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910481016603321 996 $aWar on Sacred Grounds$92446074 997 $aUNINA