Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

Name: Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
Author: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
ISBN: 9780226789507

Author Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Publisher University Of Chicago Press

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Author(s)Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

PublisherUniversity Of Chicago Press

ISBN / ASIN0226789500

ISBN-139780226789507

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Sales Rank1,181,527

MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.