Jane Bunnag

Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman

A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780521040648
• ISBN-10: 0521040647
• Artikelnr.: 23039314

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction: the Thai social system
1. 'The way of the monk'
2. The monk and the lay community
3. The wat community
4. The wat and its social matrix
5. The role of the Buddhist layman
6. The loosely structured social system: red herring or rara avis?
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index.