Michael Jerryson

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road

Buddhism, Politics, and Violence

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on Buddhist treatments of violence, this book explores Buddhist invocation, support, or justification of war, conflict, state violence, and gender discrimination. In addition, it examines the ways in which Buddhists address violence as military chaplains, cope with violence in a conflict zone, and serve as witnesses of blasphemy to Buddhism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780190683566
• ISBN-10: 0190683562
• Artikelnr.: 49374844

Autorenporträt

Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown University. He is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence and the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Quandry of Buddhism and Violence
I. Buddhist Paths to Violence
II. State Violence and Buddhist Monks
III. The Violence of Gender Discrimination
IV. The Negotiaton of Violence: Buddhist Military Chaplains
V. The Violence of Trauma: Buddhist and Muslim Coping Strategies
VI. Violence against Buddha: A History of Blasphemy
Postscript: Buddhist Authority, Politics, and Violence
Bibliography