Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

224 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective slow-paced
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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.

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