Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman - A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. 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! namely! Burma! Cambodia! Ceylon! Laos and Thailand. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Bunnag
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521040648
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04064-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works