Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

In Defense of Dharma

Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka

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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 remai… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-135-78857-5
EAN: 9781135788575
Produktnummer: 18431268
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 232 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'086 KB

Über den Autor

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz was Professor of Religion at the Florida State University, Tallahasee. Her work concentrated on gender, religious identity and most recently, on Buddhism in America.