Religious World of Kirti Sri - Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka

Zusatztext This wide-ranging and beautifully produced account is fascinating and enjoyable reading...this impassioned and original study, by a mature scholar trying to make holistic sense of a troubled society he knows and loves, will be of interest to scholars and students alike. Informationen zum Autor John Clifford Holt is Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College, where he organized and founded the Inter-Collegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program. Dr. Holt has authored several books including Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka (OUP, 1991). Klappentext In this interdisciplinary inquiry, John Clifford Holt seeks to uncover how Buddhism was understood and expressed in Sri Lanka, Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture, during the advent of European colonialism. Holt focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha, who ruled in the waning years of indigenous Sri Lankan rule, and how he successfully revived Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism despite persistent Dutch colonial threats and a deeply suspicious Kandyan Buddhist Sinhalese aristocracy. Zusammenfassung This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism.

Product details

• Authors: John Clifford Bolt, John Clifford Holt, John Clifford (Professor of Religion Holt, Holt John Clifford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.1996
• EAN: 9780195107579
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510757-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sri Lanka, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, CE period up to c 1500, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), HISTORY / Asia / South / General