Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

Author/Contributor(s):	Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Date:	07/15/1992
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.