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Religion in Context
Buddhism and Socio-Political Change in Sri Lanka
Editor: Uyangoda, Jayadeva.
Publisher: Social Scientists' Association
Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo
Year: 2007
Page Numbers: 186
Acc. No: 4819
Class No: 303 REL-SL
Category: Books & Reports
Subjects: Sociology and Anthropology
Type of Resource: Monograph
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-955-1772-02-4
This collection of essays examines how Sri Lankan Buddhism navigates contemporary social issues such as gender, ethnicity, conflict and peace, and social justice. It examines the origins and consequences of contemporary politicized Sri Lankan Buddhism. How Buddhist monks have come to embrace political engagement and advocate violence, actions antithetical to traditional Buddhist values, is characterized as the “Paradox of Sri Lankan Buddhism”.
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