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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