| Edition |
Revised and expanded edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in religion. |
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SUNY series in religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and indexes. |
| Contents |
ONE: THE POPULAR TRADITION: INCLUSIVE SYNCRETISM: Ideal action -- Ritual occasions, merit, and the appropriation of power -- Festivals -- Rites of passage -- TWO: BUDDHISM AS CIVIL RELIGION: POLITICAL LEGITIMATION AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Asoka, the exemplary Buddhist ruler -- Kings and cosmology -- The Buddha as cosmocrator -- Modern nationalism and Buddhism -- THREE: MODERNIZATION: THE DYNAMIC OF TRADITION AND CHANGE: The changing role of the monk -- The changing role of the laity -- Buddhism and the West -- Postscript -- Appendix 1: Sigalaka Sutta: code of lay ethics -- Appendix 2: Audio visual bibliography -- Appendix 3: Borobudur. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia.
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| ISBN |
0791424596 |
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9780791424599 |
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079142460X |
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9780791424605 |
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