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Champions of Buddhism : Weikza cults in contemporary Burma /
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
NUS Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Half title, full title, copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcription; Preface; Part One: Locating Weikza Cults in the Burmese Religious Landscape; Chapter 1: On Saints and Wizards: Ideals of Human Perfection and Power in Contemporary Burmese Buddhism; Chapter 2: The Longevity of Weikza; Chapter 3: Spirits versus Weikza: Two Competing Ways of Mediation; Part Two: Defenders of Buddhism: Weikza Rituals for Safeguarding Religion; Chapter 4: The World Emperor's Battle against the Evil Forces
- Chapter 5: From Bricks to Pagodas: Weikza Specialists and the Rituals of Pagoda-BuildingPart Three: Technologies and Figures of Power: Weikza Specialists as Diagram-Makers, Diviners, and Exorcists; Chapter 6: In Pursuit of the Sorcerer's Power: Sacred Diagrams as Technologies of Potency; Chapter 7: Healing through Weikza: Therapeutic Cults in the Arakanese Context; Chapter 8: Powerful Yet Powerless, Powerless Yet Powerful: Being an Exorcist in Burma; Postscript: What Kind of Buddhism is That?; Glossary; Bibliography; Contributors; Index