Of monastery and state: politicized Burmese monks brave a revolution. From: The Humanist | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Friedman, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2007 American Humanist Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BURMA (known officially as the Union of Myanmar) is a deeply Buddhist nation, steeped in conservative, I ancient Theravada tradition. Since 1962 Burma has been ruled by an oppressive military junta that claims legitimacy through Buddhism and governs in the purported image of the great Buddhist kings of yore. In short, no figurative wall separates monastery and military state in this socially repressive, economically depressed, and technologically deprived South East Asian nation of ...