Three Saṅgha Activists and their Politics
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Three Saṅgha Activists and their Politics - Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Suren Raghavan; University of Oxford; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies; Buddhist Studies; Politics |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Theravada Buddhism; Sinhala Buddhism; Sangha; Political resistance; Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism; Sri Lanka; Lankan Civil War; Liberation Tigers; ethnoreligious nationalism; peacemaking |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Buddhism; Politics |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The aim of this chapter is to trace the cross-fertilizing dynamics between Sinhala Buddhist ethnoreligious nationalism and the worldview of three selected Saṅgha activists as they affected the local politics between 1990 and 2010. The chapter will reconstruct their worldview and perception towards the minority political demands in Lanka and the “unitary” ideology they advanced. The three Saṅgha to be considered in this chapter and their periods of influence are as follows: Venerable Walpola Rāhula 1995–1997 Venerable Gaṅgoḍawila Sōma 2000–2003 Venerable Athuraliyē Rathana 2004–2010 The analysis of their self-understanding in the selective biographies set out in this chapter will help us understand why federalism, instead of providing a solution, fuelled Saṅgha hostility and agitation |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 13-Apr-2016 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/24504 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.24504 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Sri Lanka, 1815 to present |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |