Post-war Blood: Sacrifice, Anti-sacrifice, and the Rearticulations of Conflict in Sri Lanka

Since 2009, in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's ethnic war, certain contingents of Sinhala Buddhists have lodged attacks against religious minorities, whom they censure for committing violence against animals in accordance with the dictates of their gods. Considering these interventions against sac...

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Main Author: Mahadev, Neena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Berghahn [2019]
In: Religion and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 130-150
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sri Lanka / Civil war / Post-war period (motif) / Buddhism / Intolerance / Sacrifice / Religious minority
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Pluralism
B Buddhist Modernism
B Violence
B post-war Sri Lanka
B Sacrifice
B political cosmology
B Vitality
B inter-religious conflicts
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