[Buddha-l] New Book: Michael Jerryson "Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand"

[JKirkpatrick]

 Hi Michael

Congrats. 
I'd like to read what's in the comparative politics link; one can
always get the amazon link using their webpage. Maybe the same
with OUP--so why append messed up too long links?

I also recall, just for the record, accounts in international as
well as Thai newspapers of deliberate, targeted
assassinations/murders of monks in the area--whenever or wherever
they were unarmed and vulnerable.

Cheers,
Joanna


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Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand"

New book out, FYI

Bankei


Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book:

Michael Jerryson: "Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in
Southern Thailand"

(New York: Oxford University Press, 2011),  272 p. - ISBN13:
978-0199793242

"Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is
generally considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk
holding a handgun or the idea of a militarized Buddhist monastery
tends to stretch the imagination; yet these sights exist
throughout southern Thailand. Michael Jerryson offers an
extensive examination of one of the least known but
longest-running conflicts of Southeast Asia. Part of this
conflict, based primarily in Thailand's southernmost provinces,
is fueled by religious divisions.
Thailand's total population is over 92 percent Buddhist, but over
85 percent of the people in the southernmost provinces are
Muslim. Since 2004, the Thai government has imposed martial law
over the territory and combatted a grass-roots militant Malay
Muslim insurgency. Buddhist Fury reveals the Buddhist parameters
of the conflict within a global context. Through fieldwork in the
conflict area, Jerryson chronicles the habits of Buddhist monks
in the militarized zone. Many Buddhist practices remain
unchanged.
Buddhist monks continue to chant, counsel the laity, and accrue
merit. Yet at the same time, monks zealously advocate Buddhist
nationalism, act as covert military officers, and equip
themselves with guns. Buddhist Fury displays the methods by which
religion alters the nature of the conflict and shows the dangers
of this transformation."

For more information, see:
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/**general/subject/Politics/**
ComparativePolitics/Asia/?**view=usa&ci=9780199793242<http://www.
oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/ComparativePolitics/A
sia/?view=usa&ci=9780199793242>
http://www.amazon.com/**Buddhist-Fury-Religion-**Violence-Souther
n/dp/**
0199793247/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&**ie=UTF8&qid=1309681063&sr=1-3<htt
p://www.amazon.com/Buddhist-Fury-Religion-Violence-Southern/dp/01
99793247/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309681063&sr=1-3>

Thanks,

Michael

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