IN DEFENSE OF DHARMA by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz ( 9780700716821 )

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IN DEFENSE OF DHARMA
JUST-WAR IDEOLOGY IN BUDDHIST SRI LANKA

By:

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

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Paperback

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0700716823

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9780700716821

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 August, 2002

Series:

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

Pages:

232

Description:

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. An important contribution to the understanding of the power of religion to create both peace and war.

Synopsis:

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war thinking in contemporary Sri Lanka, it will remain impossible to understand the power of religion there to create both peace and war.

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IN DEFENSE OF DHARMA