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Buddhist Visions of Death and Rebirth (2008)
Book Chapter
Skorupski, T. (2008). Buddhist Visions of Death and Rebirth. In T. Skorupski (Ed.), Sztuka życia, śmierci i umierania : czterdzieści dziewięć chwil bardo w buddyzmie tybetańskim = The art of life, death and dying : forty-nine moments of bardo in tibetan buddhism (9-62). Asia and Pacyfic Museum

Indian and Tibetan theories of dying, intermediate state, and rebirth.

Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49 (2008)
Journal Article
Franzén, J. (2008). Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49. International journal of contemporary Iraqi studies, 2(1), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcis.2.1.99/1

Following the termination of its mandate in 1932, Britain precariously tried to retain its influence in Iraq. Nonetheless, nationalist endorsement of educational expansion precipitated the emergence of new intermediate social strata, which, unattache... Read More about Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49.

Karma, Social Collapse or Geophysics? Interpretations of suffering among Sri Lankan Buddhist in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami (2008)
Journal Article
Crosby, K. (2008). Karma, Social Collapse or Geophysics? Interpretations of suffering among Sri Lankan Buddhist in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami. Contemporary Buddhism, 9(1), 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/14639940802312683

The article examines the varying interpretation of kamma and suffering among Sri Lankan Buddhists following the 2004 Asian tsunami, drawing on textual sources and interviews conducted during relief work in the days and weeks following the tsunami.