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9780700716821

In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700716821

  • ISBN10:

    0700716823

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2002-10-18
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz was Professor of Religion at The Florida State University, Tallahassee.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Editors' preface xvii
Preface xix
Narrative, ethics, and war
1(31)
Just-war thinking in texts and contexts
32(36)
Dharma yuddhaya and dharma warriors in Sri Lanka
68(33)
Buddhism, pacifism, war, and ethical orientations
101(35)
Sri Lankan Buddhism and just-war thinking revisited
136(32)
Notes 168(27)
Selected bibliography 195(6)
Primary sources 201(1)
Index 202

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