Locations of Buddhism - Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka

Zusammenfassung Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked.

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• Authors: Anne M. Blackburn, AnneM Blackburn, BLACKBURN ANNE M, Blackburn Anne M.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9780226055077
• ISBN: 978-0-226-05507-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Buddhism and Modernity; Buddhism and Modernity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sri Lanka, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)