Constituting communities : Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia /

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"Constituting Communities explores how community functions within Theravada Buddhist culture. Although the dominant focus of Buddhist studies for the past century has been on doctrinal and philosophical issues, this volume concentrates on discourses that produced them, and why and how these dis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Holt, John, 1948-, Kinnard, Jacob N., Walters, Jonathan S. (Jonathan Stone), 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003.
Colección:SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
Temas:
1900-1999
Buddhism > Social aspects > Southeast Asia.
Buddhism > Social aspects > South Asia.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
Theravāda Buddhism > History > 20th century.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme Theravāda > Histoire > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Theravada.
Buddhism > Social aspects
Theravāda Buddhism
South Asia
Southeast Asia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard
  • 1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History / Jonathan S. Walters
  • 2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship : The Legend of Asandhimitta / John S. Strong
  • 3. Beggars Can Be Choosers : Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings / Liz Wilson
  • 4. The Insight Guide to Hell : Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology / Julie Gifford
  • 5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu / Jacob N. Kinnard
  • 6. Minister of Defense : The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt
  • 7. Localizing Lineage : Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia / Anne M. Blackburn
  • 8. Preacher as Poet : Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand / Mahinda Deegalle
  • 9. "For Those Who Are Ignorant" : A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla / Carol S. Anderson
  • 10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha / James R. Egge.

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