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This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war

Buddhism --- Ethnic conflict --- Just war doctrine --- War --- Social aspects --- Religious aspects --- History --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- Buddhism. --- Buddhism - Social aspects - Sri Lanka. --- Ethnic conflict. --- Ethnicity. --- History. --- Just war doctrine. --- Social aspects. --- Sri Lanka. --- Violence. --- War. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Fighting --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Military art and science --- War and morals --- Jus ad bellum --- War (Philosophy) --- Conflict, Ethnic --- Ethnic violence --- Inter-ethnic conflict --- Interethnic conflict --- Ethnic relations --- Social conflict --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Sri Lanka --- Ethnic relations.

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Buddhist fundamentalism --- Ethnicity --- Buddhism --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Fundamentalism, Buddhist --- Religious fundamentalism --- Religious aspects. --- Relations. --- Social aspects --- Sri Lanka --- Shri Lanka --- Lanka --- Serendib --- Taprobane --- Cellao --- Zeilan --- Serendip --- Sī Langkā --- Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya --- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka --- Śrīlaṅkā --- Ilaṅkai --- Ceylon --- Religion.