Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
A Religion, Buddhism book. Buddhism is by most accounts the most peaceable of religions (at least...
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780226789507 / 226789500
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For anyone genuinely interested in the ROOT causes of the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, this one looks at, how, like anything taken to an extreme, Religion taken to an extreme (betrayed?) played a part. For a book that addresses how Linguistic Nationalism plays a part, see:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...And for a book that... heading to sri lanka in november! Buddhism is by most accounts the most peaceable of religions (at least in the simplified version that the West has received, which leaves out Buddhist warriors in Mongolia, Japan and elsewhere). Many have even called it passive. This volume by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambish is a reminder of how any religion can be used for political purposes,...