Buddhism is widely-known as a peaceful tradition deeply committed to ahiṃsā (non-harming). But in this new podcast published by With Good Reason, Prof. Christie Kilby (James Madison University) says Buddhism actually has a lot to teach about warfare. She consults for the Global Affairs Unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross, exploring connections between Buddhism and the laws of war.

Please listen to the podcast here.

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Prof. Christie Kilby is Associate Professor of Religion at James Madison University and specialises in Tibetan Buddhism. In this field, she was awarded a fellowship by the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia to apply analytical bibliography (the study of books and manuscripts as physical objects) to Tibetan literary materials. She earned her B.A. degree in Religious Studies from Davidson College, her Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and her Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Virginia. She received a Fulbright-Hays fellowship in 2013-14 and has conducted extensive fieldwork among Tibetan communities in China, India, Nepal, and the United States.