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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2003
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| In: | Year: 2003 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Buddhist studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
B Buddhism Social aspects (Southeast Asia) B Buddhism ; Social aspects B Theravāda Buddhism History 20th century B History B Theravāda Buddhism History 20th century South Asia Southeast Asia B Buddhism Social aspects (South Asia) B Buddhism Social aspects Southeast Asia B South Asia B RELIGION ; Buddhism ; Theravada B Electronic books History B Southeast Asia B Buddhism Social aspects South Asia B Theravāda Buddhism B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | "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 Introduction / John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard -- 1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History / Jonathan S. Walters -- 2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship : The Legend of Asandhimitta / John S. Strong -- 3. Beggars Can Be Choosers : Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings / Liz Wilson -- 4. The Insight Guide to Hell : Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology / Julie Gifford -- 5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu / Jacob N. Kinnard -- 6. Minister of Defense : The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt -- 7. Localizing Lineage : Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia / Anne M. Blackburn -- 8. Preacher as Poet : Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand / Mahinda Deegalle -- 9. "For Those Who Are Ignorant" : A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla / Carol S. Anderson -- 10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha / James R. Egge. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 141753124X |