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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450780303321

Titolo

Constituting communities [[electronic resource] ] : Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia / / John Clifford Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard, Jonathan S. Walters, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2003

ISBN

0-7914-8705-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Buddhist studies

Altri autori (Persone)

HoltJohn <1948->

KinnardJacob N

WaltersJonathan S

Disciplina

294.3/91/095

Soggetti

Buddhism - Social aspects - Southeast Asia

Buddhism - Social aspects - South Asia

Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)

Theravāda Buddhism - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONSTITUTING COMMUNITIES""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction by John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard""; ""1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History by Jonathan S.Walters""; ""2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship: The Legend of Asandhimitta by John S. Strong""; ""3. Beggars Can Be Choosers: Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings by Liz Wilson""; ""4. The Insight Guide to Hell Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology by Julie Gifford""; ""5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu by Jacob N. Kinnard""

""6. Minister of Defense?: The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka by John Clifford Holt""""7. Localizing Lineage: Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia by Anne M. Blackburn""; ""8. Preacher as a Poet: Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand by Mahinda Deegalle""; ""9. “For Those Who Are Ignorant�: A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla by Carol S. Anderson""; ""10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha by James R.



Egge""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""

""B""""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""