TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randhawa,Karenjot Bhangoo
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Civil society in Malerkotla, Punjab: fostering resilience through religion 
AV  - BL65.P4 R36 2012eb
U1  - 300.954/552 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham [Md.]
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Peace-building
KW  - India
KW  - Maler Kotla
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Conflict management
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Religious pluralism
KW  - Sikhism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Islam
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10587684
ER  -