In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka

ISBN-13: 9780700716821 / Miękka / 2002 / 232 str.

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

Opis

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. An important contribution to the understanding of the power of religion to create both peace and war.

Spis treści

1. Narratives, 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

O autorze

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.