Saving Buddhism - The Impermanence of Religion in Colonial Burma

This book sets aside the usual scholarly categories for understanding religion and colonialism: lenses of nationalism, modernity and colonial assimilation, to immerse itself in the world of Burmese Buddhist lay associations and the responses to British colonialism at the turn of the 20th century.

About the author

Alicia Turner is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at York University.

Summary

This book sets aside the usual scholarly categories for understanding religion and colonialism: lenses of nationalism, modernity and colonial assimilation, to immerse itself in the world of Burmese Buddhist lay associations and the responses to British colonialism at the turn of the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Alicia Turner
• Assisted by: David P Chandler (Editor), David P. Chandler (Editor), Rita Smith Kipp (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9780824839376
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3937-6
• No. of pages: 269
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous