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Ben Schonthal: At the Seams of Saṅgha and State: Legal Pluralism and Buddhist Monasticism in Contemporary Sri Lanka.

Monday, October 22, 2018 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
Scott Hall, 212, 601 University Place, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Contrary to popular stereotypes, Buddhist monks do not live in separate, cloistered worlds sealed off from government lawmaking and courts. Buddhist monks (like most people) live in a complex situation of legal pluralism. This talk examines this legal pluralism—and polemical arguments about it—through the vantage point of a particular crisis that has dominated Sri Lanka’s newspapers over the last few months involving the imprisonment of a famous Buddhist monk.

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Gina Giliberti  

ginagiliberti2020@u.northwestern.edu

Interest

  • Academic (general)

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