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Michael Jerryson

Buddhist Warfare

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Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history.Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama endorsed a Mongol ruler's killing of his rivals. And in… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Juergensmeyer, Mark
  • ISBN: 978-0-19-974138-0
  • EAN: 9780199741380
  • Produktnummer: 13925789
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 2'965 KB

Über den Autor


Michael Jerryson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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