Executive SummaryFor the past few years, Myanmar's political transition has been hampered by violence between Buddhists and Muslims. A nation with an ethnically Burman and religiously Buddhist…
ABSTRACT Radicalised Buddhist movements in Sri Lanka and Myanmar have been prominent as drivers of mistrust, tensions and violence directed against Muslim minorities, particularly since the…
Abstract Given the long history of discrimination and violence against religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar, international and transnational actors have engaged to address injustice and…
Abstract Violence and hate speech endorsed by Buddhist monks against Muslim minorities in South and Southeast Asia have attracted global attention in recent years, and been the focus for a growing…
ABSTRACT Myanmar has been the site of serious violence between Buddhist and Muslim communities. This article presents findings from a research project convened to better understand the production of…
ABSTRACT Since 2012, Buddhist nationalist movements – especially the 969 movement and Ma Ba Tha – have emerged in Burma/Myanmar seeking to defend Buddhism against mainly the Muslim minority, with…
R elations between Buddhist and Muslim communities in Myanmar have been a regular feature of the international news agenda in recent years. Violent incidents in 2012, 2013, and 2014, the “Rohingya…
ABSTRACT Since 2012 Myanmar has experienced recurrent waves of religiously imbued violence. Violence has been both physical and symbolic. Symbolic violence has included the popularisation of the…
Sociology, Political Science Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
2018
Abstract The contemporary persecution of Burma’s Rohingya has rapidly evolved from isolated episodes of communal violence into a global humanitarian crisis. The article analyses the evolution of the…
Monks in Politics, Monks in the World: Buddhist Activism in Contemporary Myanmar Despite common claims that monks in Myanmar are expected to remain aloof from politics, there is a long history of…
This chapter presents a broad history of Muslim–Buddhist encounters and dynamics in Burma/Myanmar, focusing on two primary aspects: First, due to the Buddhist demographic majority and a tradition of…
The author has spent most of his adult life engaged in the struggle with the oppressive rulers of Burma for the reinstatement of justice and basic freedoms for his ethnic group, the Chin people, as…
In this chapter, we examine some ways in which Buddhists in Myanmar conceptualize, justify, and practice humanitarian relief.1 The most recent and striking example of this was after Cyclone Nargis…
The kingdom of Arakan was conquered by the Burmese in 1785 and annexed by the British after the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6). Resistance to the occupation was followed by campaigns of…
Introduction Part 1: A Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism 1. A New Framework 2. Pluralism and Degrees of Openness Part 2: Exclusivism…
In our public discourse, we embrace religious liberty and espouse respect for our cultural differences, yet there are times when we speak of our country in very narrow terms and describe it as being…
List of Illustrations vii Foreword ix Preface xi The Buddha xv 1 The Buddhist Attitude of Mind 1 THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 2 The First Noble Truth: Dukkha 16 3 The Second Noble Truth: Samudaya: 'The…
Contents: Why Buddhist inclusivism? Issues regarding inclusivism generally Selected examples of inclusivism in Buddhist contexts Towards a tenable form of Buddhist inclusivism Case studies of two…
Un des efforts les plus importants dans le bouddhisme moderne pour creer un culte national de veneration des reliques est intervenu en 1994 lorsque la loi constitutionnelle et le concile de l'ordre…