In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
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| Management number | 219243435 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | US$23.53 | Model Number | 219243435 | ||
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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. Read more
| XRay | Not Enabled |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1135788568 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 454 KB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 234 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Part of series | Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism |
| Publication date | July 26, 2005 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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