Suggested reading list REL4530 spring 2019
Bartholomeusz, Tessa J. (2002) In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka. London: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
Frydenlund, Iselin (2017) “Religious Liberty for Whom? The Buddhist Politics of Religious
Freedom during Myanmar’s Transition to Democracy”, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 35., No. 1, pp. 55-73
Jerryson, Michael (2010) Buddhist Warfare. New York: Oxford University Press
Brekke, Torkel (2007) “Bones of Contention: Buddhist Relics, Nationalism and the Politics of Archaeology” Numen, Vol 54, pp. 270-303
Tambiah, S. J. (1977) World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Tikhonov, Vladimir and Torkel Brekke (2012) Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (Routledge Studies in Religion)
Seneviratne, H.L. (1999) The Work of Kings. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Walton, Matthew J. (2015) “Burmese Buddhist Politics” http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935420.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935420-e-21?print=pdf
Walton, Matthew J. (2018) Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar. NY: Cambridge University Press
Suggested primary sources
Aganna Sutta
Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta
Mahavamsa