β Bartholomeusz, Tessa J.
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2002
π London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon
π English
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index
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In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
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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 remain impossible to understand the power of religion there to create both peace and war.
β¦ Table of Contents
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 6
COPYRIGHT......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Editorsβ preface......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
1 Narrative, ethics, and war......Page 24
2 Just-war thinking in texts and contexts......Page 55
3 Dharma yuddhaya and dharma warriors in Sri Lanka......Page 91
4 Buddhism, pacifism, war, and ethical orientations......Page 124
5 Sri Lankan Buddhism and just-war thinking revisited......Page 159
Selected bibliography......Page 218
Primary sources......Page 224
Index......Page 225
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