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In Defense of Dharma - Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Paperback): Tessa J. Bartholomeusz In Defense of Dharma - Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Paperback)
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz; Foreword by Jeff Tatum
R1,675 Discovery Miles 16 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


In Defense of Dharma - Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Hardcover): Tessa J. Bartholomeusz In Defense of Dharma - Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Hardcover)
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz; Foreword by Jeff Tatum
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


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.

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