Buddhism transformed : religious change in Sri Lanka /

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In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Budd...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gombrich, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1937-
Otros Autores: Obeyesekere, Gananath
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1988.
Temas:
1900-1999
Buddhism > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Bouddhisme > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Buddhism.
Buddhismus
Reform
Sozialer Wandel
Boeddhisme.
Religiöser Wandel.
Geschichte.
Buddhismus.
Buddhism > Sri Lanka.
Bouddhisme > Sri Lanka > 20e siècle.
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
Abhayagiri.
Abhidhamma texts.
Baseline Road, Demaṭagoḍa.
Bellanvila temple.
Biyagama nunnery.
Buddhaghosa.
Dhātuvaṃsa.
Däḍimuṇḍa.
Four Great Kings.
Hanuman.
Hippocrates.
Jainism.
Jesus.
Jātaka stories.
Kaňduboḍa.
Kaśyapa Buddha.
Krishnamurti.
Kurumbara.
Käbälläva.
Lobsang Rampa.
Lunāva.
Mahāvaṃsa.
Mahāyāna.
Maitreya.
Nandimitra.
Nāgārjuna.
Orientalism.
Palani.
Pentecostalism.
astrology.
automatic writing.
awareness.
black magic.
caste.
celibacy.
development, economic.
education, modern.
embourgeoisement.
exorcism.
family planning.
firewalking, firewalkers.
gammaḍuva.
hypnotism.
iconographic change.
literacy.
marriage ceremony.
meditation centers.
oracles.
pilgrimage.
population growth.
possession.
prapatti.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY
  • PART ONE A New Religious Orientation
  • CHAPTER 1 The Subject Defined
  • PART TWO Changes in the Spirit Religion
  • CHAPTER 2 Re-creating Community: Cult Groups of the Spirit Religion
  • CHAPTER 3 Social Change and the Deities
  • CHAPTER 4 Kali, the Punitive Mother
  • CHAPTER 5 Kataragama, a Center of Hindu-Buddhist Syncretism
  • PART THREE Buddhist Developments
  • CHAPTER 6 Protestant Buddhism
  • CHAPTER 7 The Creation of Tradition
  • CHAPTER 8 The Contemporary Resurgence of Nuns
  • CHAPTER 9 The Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya: Theosophy and Astrology
  • CHAPTER 10 Three Buddhist Leaders
  • PART FOUR Toward a New Synthesis?
  • CHAPTER 11 The Bōdhi Pūjā
  • CHAPTER 12 Sinhala Firewalkers and the Buddhist Appropriation of Kataragama
  • CHAPTER 13 Conclusion
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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