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Michael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?
2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline
3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present
4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism
5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?
6. Religious Conflicts in Cities
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Michael Dumper is professor of Middle East politics at the University of Exeter. His many books include Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History, and the Future of the Holy City (Columbia, 2014). His most recent edited volume is Contested Holy Cities: The Urban Dimension of Religious Conflicts (2019).
Zusammenfassung
Michael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.
Zusatztext
Power, Piety, and People is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies.
