Buddhism, modernity, and the state in Asia : forms of engagement

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Buddhism, modernity, and the state in Asia : forms of engagement

edited by John Whalen-Bridge and Pattana Kitiarsa

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

  • : hardcover

Available at  / 6 libraries

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Buddhists Confront the State / Charles F. Keyes
  • "Foremost among Religions": Theravada Buddhism's Affairs with the Modern Sri Lankan State / Mahinda Deegalle
  • Schools, Ritual Economies and the Expanding State: The Changing Roles of Lao Buddhist Monks as "Traditional Intellectuals" / Patrice Ladwig
  • Post-Pol Pot: Cambodia and the Building of a New Stupa / John Amos Marston
  • The Relic and the Rule of Righteousness: Reflections on U Nu's Dhammavijaya / Tilman Frasch
  • Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon / Donald M. Seekins
  • Angry Monk Syndrome on the World Stage: Tibet, Engaged Buddhism, and the Weapons of the Weak / John Whalen-Bridge
  • Rebirth Control: Contemporary Inner Mongolian Buddhism and the Religious Authority of the Chinese State / Jonathan Mair
  • Do Buddhist "Nuns" Need the Thai Sangha? / Monica Lindberg Falk
  • Sacred Protests and Buddhist Environmental Knowledge / Susan M. Darlington

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