{"product_id":"in-defense-of-dharma-tessa-j-bartholomeusz-9780700716814","title":"In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tessa J. Bartholomeusz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700716815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700716814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.82w x 0.73d","brand":"Tessa J. Bartholomeusz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658910642431,"sku":"9780700716814","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-defense-of-dharma-tessa-j-bartholomeusz-9780700716814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}