In Defense of Dharma : Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (232 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Foreword; Editors' preface; Preface; 1 Narrative, ethics, and war; 2 Just-war thinking in texts and contexts; 3 Dharma yuddhaya and dharma warriors in Sri Lanka; 4 Buddhism, pacifism, war, and ethical orientations; 5 Sri Lankan Buddhism and just-war thinking revisited; Selected bibliography; Primary sources; Index. - 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
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| ISBN | 0700716815. - 0700716823. - 9780700716821
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