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200 10$aIn Defense of Dharma$b[electronic resource] $eJust-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka
210   $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2002
215   $a1 online resource (232 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge Critical Studies in Buddhism ;$vv.24
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7007-1681-5 
327   $aBOOK 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
330   $aThis 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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606   $aJust war doctrine
606   $aMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aReligious aspects
606   $aSocial aspects
606   $aSri Lanka
606   $aViolence
606   $aWar
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