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

Taylor & Francis Ltd

In Defense of Dharma\nby Tessa J. Bartholomeusz\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Tessa J. Bartholomeusz\nTitle: In Defense of Dharma\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Buddhist life and practice\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis\nPublication year: 2002\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9780700716821\nISBN-10: 0700716823\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis 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 whe.