03112nam 2200685 a 450 991097044250332120251116175611.01-135-78856-11-135-78857-X1-280-11380-40-203-99480-910.4324/9780203994801 (CKB)1000000000250825(EBL)240589(OCoLC)475954481(SSID)ssj0000177613(PQKBManifestationID)11198890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177613(PQKBWorkID)10217461(PQKB)11218463(MiAaPQ)EBC240589(OCoLC)252963054(EXLCZ)99100000000025082520020521d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of Dharma just-war ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka /Tessa BartholomeuszLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20021 online resource (232 p.)RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in BuddhismDescription based upon print version of record.0-7007-1681-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.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; IndexThis 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-warRoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.BuddhismSocial aspectsSri LankaEthnic conflictReligious aspectsSri LankaJust war doctrineHistory20th centuryWarReligious aspectsWarMoral and ethical aspectsSri LankaEthnic relationsBuddhismSocial aspectsEthnic conflictReligious aspectsJust war doctrineHistoryWarReligious aspects.WarMoral and ethical aspects.294.3/56242/0959311.93bclBartholomeusz Tessa J1881662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970442503321In defense of Dharma4496407UNINA