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In defense of Dharma : just-war ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka / Tessa Bartholomeusz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in BuddhismPublication details: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 209 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0203994809
  • 9780203994801
  • 9781135788575
  • 113578857X
  • 9781135788568
  • 1135788561
  • 1280113804
  • 9781280113802
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In defense of Dharma.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/56242/09593 21
LOC classification:
  • BQ376 .B37 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.93
  • 15.77
  • RR 43983
  • 6,24
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1 NARRATIVE, ETHICS, AND WAR -- Introduction: method and scope of the study -- chapter 2 JUST-WAR THINKING IN TEXTS AND CONTEXTS -- Introduction: dharma, devolution, and Dutugemunu -- chapter 3 DHARMA YUDDHAYA AND DHARMA WARRIORS IN SRI LANKA -- Introduction: dharma yuddhaya and its expressions -- chapter 4 BUDDHISM, PACIFISM, WAR, AND ETHICAL ORIENTATIONS -- Introduction: within and without violence -- chapter 5 SRI LANKAN BUDDHISM AND JUST-WAR THINKING REVISITED -- Introduction: rituals, relics and war.
Review: "This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka from the perspective 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 often justified by resorting to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Since Buddhism is often commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this book - by suggesting otherwise - brings 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 existing power of religion that can create both peace and war."--Jacket
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)136376

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.

Print version record.

"This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka from the perspective 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 often justified by resorting to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Since Buddhism is often commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this book - by suggesting otherwise - brings 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 existing power of religion that can create both peace and war."--Jacket

Chapter 1 NARRATIVE, ETHICS, AND WAR -- Introduction: method and scope of the study -- chapter 2 JUST-WAR THINKING IN TEXTS AND CONTEXTS -- Introduction: dharma, devolution, and Dutugemunu -- chapter 3 DHARMA YUDDHAYA AND DHARMA WARRIORS IN SRI LANKA -- Introduction: dharma yuddhaya and its expressions -- chapter 4 BUDDHISM, PACIFISM, WAR, AND ETHICAL ORIENTATIONS -- Introduction: within and without violence -- chapter 5 SRI LANKAN BUDDHISM AND JUST-WAR THINKING REVISITED -- Introduction: rituals, relics and war.

English.