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200 10$aIn defense of Dharma $ejust-war ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka /$fTessa Bartholomeusz
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2002
215   $a1 online resource (232 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a0-7007-1681-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.
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   $aThis is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war
410  0$aRoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.
606   $aBuddhism$xSocial aspects$zSri Lanka
606   $aEthnic conflict$xReligious aspects$zSri Lanka
606   $aJust war doctrine$xHistory$y20th century
606   $aWar$xReligious aspects
606   $aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects
607   $aSri Lanka$xEthnic relations
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615  0$aEthnic conflict$xReligious aspects
615  0$aJust war doctrine$xHistory
615  0$aWar$xReligious aspects.
615  0$aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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