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Constituting communities : Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 discourses and practices shaped Theravada communities in South and Southeast Asia. From a variety of perspectives, including historical, literary, doctrinal and philosophical, and social and anthropological, the contributors explore the issues that have proven important and definitive for identifying what it has meant, individually and socially, to be Buddhist in this particular region. The book focuses on textual discourse, how communities are formed and maintained within pluralistic contexts, and the formation of community both within and between the monastic and lay settings."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 141753124X 9781417531240 0791456919 9780791456910 0791456927 9780791456927 0791487059 9780791487051 |