Monastery in Time - The Making of Mongolian Buddhism

Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.

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Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.

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• Authors: Caroline Humphrey, Caroline Ujeed Humphrey, Humphrey Caroline, HUMPHREY CAROLINE UJEED HURELBAA, Hurelbaatar Ujeed, Hurelbaatar Humphrey Ujeed, Ujeed Hurelbaatar
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2013
• EAN: 9780226031903
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03190-3
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Monasticism, Mongolia, Buddhism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious communities and monasticism, Religious communities & monasticism