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The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia (Suny Series in Religion) Paperback - 1995
by Swearer, Donald K
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- Title The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia (Suny Series in Religion)
- Author Swearer, Donald K
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher State University of New York Press, Albany
- Date 1995-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 079142460X.G
- ISBN 9780791424605 / 079142460X
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.08 x 0.72 in (22.91 x 15.44 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94029167
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.337
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From the rear cover
This book is a remarkable synthesis and empathetic interpretation of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. No other single book matches its depth and breadth, or its balance between scholarly interpretation and sensitive first person portrayal. The author focuses his analysis on Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia as a dynamic, complex system of thought and practice imbedded in the respective cultures, societies, and histories of Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The book discusses three distinct but interrelated aspects of this system: The popular tradition in terms of paradigms of ideal action, rituals, festivals, and rites of passage; Buddhism as civil religion in terms of King Asoka as the paradigmatic Buddhist monarch, cosmology, and kingship, and Buddhism and the modern nation state; and modern transformations of the tradition in terms of the changing roles of the monk and the laity, modern reform movements, and Buddhism in the West.