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| Author | : Dian A. H. Shah |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2017-10-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107183340 |
Shah uncovers the complex interaction between constitutional law, religion and politics in three key plural societies in Asia.
| Author | : Benjamin Schonthal |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 319 |
| Release | : 2016-11-17 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1107152232 |
Examining Sri Lanka's religious and legal pasts, this is the first extended study of Buddhism and constitutional law.
| Author | : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1992-07-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0226789500 |
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.
| Author | : Suren Raghavan |
| Publisher | : Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2018-08-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781781795743 |
The war in Sri Lanka was violent and costly in human and material terms. This was one of the longest wars in modern South Asia. Often referred to as an 'ethnic' conflict between the majority Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, the war had a profound religious dimension. The majority of Sinhala Buddhist monks (the Sangha) not only opposed any meaningful powersharing but latterly advocated an all-out military solution. Such a nexus between Buddhism and violence is paradoxical; nevertheless it has a historical continuity. In 2009 when the war ended amid serious questions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, monks defended the military and its Buddhist leadership. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. It analyzes Sinhala Buddhist ethnoreligious nationalism and argues for the urgent need to engage Buddhist politics - in Lanka and elsewhere - with approaches and mechanisms that accommodate the Sangha as key actors in political reform. Sinhala Buddhism is often studied from a sociological or anthropological standpoint. This book fills a gap by examining the faith and practice of the Sinhala Sangha and their followers from a political science perspective.
| Author | : Leonard Pinto |
| Publisher | : Balboa Press |
| Total Pages | : 967 |
| Release | : 2015-07-14 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1452528624 |
Most people know something about their own religions. That knowledge is usually restricted to what is going on at the present time. When it comes to how their religions developed in their countries, their knowledge is on shakier grounds. As for religion in foreign lands, well, for many, that information is nonexistent. Author Leonard Pintos Being a Christian in Sri Lanka: Historical, Political, Social, and Religious Considerations is a critique based on the observations and experience of a Sri Lankan Christian. Pinto shares the history and importance of religion in his native land. Youll learn about Portuguese, Dutch, and British rule in the country formerly known as Ceylon, and how each affected religion there. Pinto dispels popular views about how ruling countries dealt with Christianity and other religions, and with those who practiced them. Youll learn how religion is practiced today from someone who lives it firsthand. Pintos book goes beyond the boundaries of Sri Lanka in assessing the problems faced by Christianity from the corrosive effects of the Age of Enlightenment. In Being a Christian in Sri Lanka: Historical, Political, Social, and Religious Considerations, Pinto comes to the conclusion Sri Lanka would benefit from a Sri Lankan national identity for all its citizens. Hegemony based on ethnicity and religion is dissuaded. Youll also find Pintos conclusions relevant to other countries.
| Author | : Ali Riaz |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2010-02-26 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1134999852 |
Religion and religio-political forces have become potent influences in the domestic politics of many countries irrespective of geographical location, stages of economic growth, and systems of governance. The growing importance of religion as a marker of identity and a tool of political mobilization is reshaping the political landscape in an unprecedented manner, and South Asia, which contains the world’s largest populations of Muslims and Hindus with significant number of Buddhists, is no exception to this fact. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of religion and politics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Although the specific circumstances of each country are different, in recent decades, religion, religio-political parties, and religious rhetoric have become dominant features of the political scenes in all six countries. The contributors offer a thorough examination of these developments by presenting each country's political system and the socio-economic environment within which the interactions are taking place. The analysis of the various factors influencing the process of the interactions between religion and politics, and their impact on the lives of the people of the region and global politics constitute the core of the chapters.
| Author | : John Holt |
| Publisher | : Duke University Press |
| Total Pages | : 791 |
| Release | : 2011-04-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0822349825 |
Fifty-four images and more than ninety classic and contemporary texts introduce Sri Lankas recorded history of more than two and a half millennia.
| Author | : Patrick Grant |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2009-01-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0791493679 |
Patrick Grant explores the relationship between Buddhism and violent ethnic conflict in modern Sri Lanka using the concept of "regressive inversion." Regressive inversion occurs when universal teaching, such as that of the Buddha, is redeployed to supercharge passions associated with the kinds of group loyalty that the universal teaching itself intends to transcend. The book begins with an account of the main teachings of Theravada Buddhism and looks at how these inform, or fail to inform, modern interpreters. Grant considers the writings of three key figures—Anagarika Dharmapala, Walpola Rahula, and J. R. Jayewardene—who addressed Buddhism and politics in the years leading up to Sri Lanka's political independence from Britain, and subsequently, in postcolonial Sri Lanka. This book makes the Sri Lankan conflict accessible to readers interested in the modern global phenomenon of ethnic violence involving religion and also illuminates similar conflicts around the world.
| Author | : Winnifred Fallers Sullivan |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2015-07-22 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 022624850X |
Religious freedom has achieved broad consensus as a condition for peace. Faced with reports of a rise in religious violence and a host of other social ills, public, and private actors have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. But what precisely is being promoted? What are the assumptions underlying this response? The contributions to this volume unsettle the assumption that religious freedom is a singular achievement and that the problem lies in its incomplete accomplishment. Delineating the different conceptions of religious freedom predominant in the world today, as well as their histories and political contexts, the contributions make clear that the reasons for violence and discrimination are more complex than is widely acknowledged. The promotion of a single legal and cultural tool meant to address conflict across a wide variety of cultures can have the perverse effect of exacerbating the problems that plague the communities often cited as falling short. -- from back cover.
| Author | : John Holt |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Buddhism |
| ISBN | : 0195107578 |
This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism.
