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Contesting Buddhisms On Conflicted Land: Sarvodaya Shramadana And Buddhist Peacemaking, Masumi Hayashi-Smith
Contesting Buddhisms On Conflicted Land: Sarvodaya Shramadana And Buddhist Peacemaking, Masumi Hayashi-Smith
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Buddhism in its various incarnations has both aided and hindered the peace processes in Sri Lanka. Sarvodaya Shramadana, a Buddhist development organization, stands out in the way it uses religion to promote peace through a more humanist interpretation of Buddhist teachings. While Sarvodaya's alternative approach toward the religion provides an optimistic space for promoting peace, its connections to and dependence on populism can also complicate its politics. This article argues that the most effective means of peace work can be found through the same channel of collective mobilization that hindered it, Buddhism.
Kurosawa, Akira (1910-1988), James Shields
Kurosawa, Akira (1910-1988), James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
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Mizoguchi, Kenji (1898-1956), James Shields
Mizoguchi, Kenji (1898-1956), James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
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Ozu, Yasujirō (1903–1963), James Shields
Ozu, Yasujirō (1903–1963), James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
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Miyazaki, Hayao (1941–), James Shields
Miyazaki, Hayao (1941–), James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
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Nepal, Megan Adamson Sijapati
Nepal, Megan Adamson Sijapati
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
Nepal is a democratic republic located along the southern region of the Himalayan range, bordering India to the south, west, and east and the Tibetan autonomous region of China to the north. Though a small country in geographic terms (approximately 54,362 square miles [1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers]), its population of approximately 29.5 million people is a complex and heterogeneous mix of both Indo-European and Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups and castes, each with distinct languages and religious and cultural traditions. [excerpt]
Bhutan, Megan Adamson Sijapati
Bhutan, Megan Adamson Sijapati
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
Bhutan (formally the Kingdom of Bhutan) is a small, landlocked Buddhist constitutional monarchy in the eastern Himalayas, located between China's Tibetan autonomous region and India. Its terrain is largely mountainous, and its economy is based on agriculture and forestry. Bhutan's official national language is Dzongkha, and its multiethnic population, reported in the 2005 govrnment census to be approximately 681,000, is 75% Buddhist and 25% Hindu.