A01=Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Author_Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Buddha's Relics
Buddha’s Relics
buddhism
buddhist
Buddhist ethics analysis
Buddhist just war Sri Lanka
Buddhist Pacifism
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Category=QRA
Category=QRF
Category=QRFP
comparative religion conflict
conflict resolution research
Contemporary Sri Lankan
duties
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
ethical narratives warfare
facie
just war theory
King Ajatasattu
King Dutugemunu
King Pasenadi
lankan
PA Government
Pali Canon
people
prima
Prima Facie Duties
Prima Facie Responsibility
religious violence studies
sinhala
Sinhala Buddhist
Sinhala People
Sinhala Tamil Conflict
sri
Sri Lankan
Sri Lankan Buddhism
Sri Lankan Discourse
Sri Lankan State
tamil
Tamil Nadu
Theravada Buddhism
Theravadin Buddhists
Tooth Relic
Venerable Monk
Walpola Rahula
World Renouncer
Product details
- ISBN 9780700716821
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz was Professor of Religion at the Florida State University, Tallahasee. Her work concentrated on gender, religious identity and most recently, on Buddhism in America.
