Irish Buddhist: The Forgotten Monk Who Faced Down the British Empire

by Brian Bocking, Lawrence Cox, Alicia Turner

Book Overview

The Irish Buddhist is the biography of an extraordinary Irish emigrant, sailor, and migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early twentieth-century Asia. Born in Dublin in the 1850s, U Dhammaloka energetically challenged the values and power of the British Empire and scandalized the colonial establishment of the 1900s. He rallied Buddhists across Asia, set up schools, and argued down Christian missionaries--often using...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019007308X
• ISBN13: 9780190073084
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"