Jerryson Michael - Buddhist Warfare

Buddhist Warfare

Edited by

MICHAEL JERRYSON AND
MARK JUERGENSMEYER

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Buddhist warfare/Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer (editors).

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-19-539483-2 ISBN 978-0-19-539484-9 (pbk.)

1. WarReligious aspectsBuddhism.

2. ViolenceReligious aspectsBuddhism.

I. Jerryson, Michael K. II. Juergensmeyer, Mark.

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Without the permission and assistance of many people, this book could have never come together. We would like to express our gratitude to the Instituts dExtrme-Orient du Collge de France for granting us permission to translate and include Paul Demivilles article in this volume. We would also like to thank the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies for its permission to include Michael Jerrysons article. Brenda Turnnidge was kind enough to share her photograph of a Burmese novice monk overlooking the Irrawaddy River (cover picture), which was taken in August 1988. Throughout its various drafts, we were fortunate to have the assistance of Rhella Kessler and Fawn Jerryson, who have helped to bring cohesion and coherence to the diverse chapters. We would also be remiss if we did not thank Oxford University Presss anonymous reviewers, whose extremely insightful and generous suggestions molded the book in its final stages.

Finally, a word about the role played by each of the co-editors of this book. Michael Jerryson organized the original panel at the American Academy of Religion that produced the first draft of many of these essays, communicated with the authors, and wrote the introductory chapter. Mark Juergensmeyer was the commentator on the original panel and provided insight about the comparative study of religion and violence, which was useful for the introduction and for the project as a whole; he also helped to edit the introduction and to shepherd the manuscript through the publication process.

Michael Jerryson

Paul Demiville

Stephen Jenkins

Derek F. Maher

Vesna A. Wallace

Brian Daizen Victoria

Xue Yu

Daniel W. Kent

Michael Jerryson

Bernard Faure

Paul Demiville (18941979) is considered one of the eminent architects of the Franco-Belgian school of Buddhology that drew upon Sanskrit texts and their corresponding commentaries in Mandarin and Tibetan. He was appointed as Chair of Chinese Language and Literature at the College de France in 1946, where he supervised the development of important Buddhist Studies scholars such as Wapola Rahula and Bernard Faure. He co-edited the Toung Pao until 1976 and published numerous books in French, among them Anthologie de la Posie Chinoise Classique (1962), the French translation of the Dunhuang manuscripts (1971) and Choix dtudes Bouddhiques, 19291970 (1973).

Bernard Faure is the Kao Professor of Japanese Religion at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. (Doctorat dEtat) from Paris University in 1984. His work has focused on topics such as the construction of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, the Buddhist cult of relics, iconography, and sexuality and gender. His current research deals with the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism and its relationships with medieval Japanese religion. He has published a number of books in French and English. His most recent English publications include The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality; The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender; and Double Exposure. He is presently working on a book on Japanese gods and demons.

Stephen Jenkins was trained at Harvard University and is currently the chair of Religious Studies at Humboldt State University. His doctoral work and publications focus on problems in the interpretation of compassion in the Indian Buddhist literature.

Michael Jerryson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College. His publications have surveyed religious traditions from across Asia, including Singapore and, most recently, Thailand. One of his more recent publications, Mongolian Buddhism: The Rise and Fall of the Sangha, explores the development of Mongolias state religion until its demise in the twentieth century under the Soviet Union.

Mark Juergensmeyer is a professor of sociology and global studies and the director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of twenty books on global religion and politics, including Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State and Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence.

Michelle Kendall is the translator of The Cradle of Humanity and The Unfinished System of Non-Knowledge by Georges Bataille and Sade and Lautreamont by Maurice Blanchot. Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate in French literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Daniel W. Kent received his Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Virginia with a dissertation entitled Shelter for You, Nirvana for Our Sons: Buddhist Belief and Practice in the Sri Lankan Army, which was based on extensive ethnographic research on two different military bases in Sri Lanka. Kent is currently revising his dissertation for publication, beginning work on a new project on Buddhist-Muslim tensions in contemporary Sri Lanka, and teaching courses on Theravda Buddhism at the University of Virginia and at Mary Baldwin College.

Derek F. Maher received his Ph.D. in history of religions and Tibetan studies from the University of Virginia. He now teaches at East Carolina University, where he is the co-director of the Religious Studies Program. He writes about religious biographical writings, the intersection of religion and politics, and religious history. His most recent publications are an annotated translation of Tsepn Shakabpas