Buddhism, power and political order / edited by Ian Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Ian Charles.

Becket Institute.

Series:

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theravāda Buddhism--Political aspects--Congresses.

Theravāda Buddhism.

Buddhism and state--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Buddhism and state.

Southeast Asia.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction : Buddhism, power and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands / Ian Harris

Idealism and pragmatism : a dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand / Khammai Dhammasami

Rajadhamma confronts Leviathan : Burmese political theory in the 1870s / Andrew Huxley

Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma / Juliane Schober

Reconstructing the Cambodian polity : Buddhism, kingship and the quest for legitimacy / Peter Gyallay-Pap

The Cambodian hospital for monks / John Marston

Buddhism, power and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos / Volker Grabowsky

Past, present and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao / Peter Koret

In defence of the nation : the cult of Nang Thoranee in northeast Thailand / Elizabeth Guthrie

King, sangha and brahmans : ideology, ritual and power in pre-modern Siam / Peter Skilling.

Notes:

Based on papers delivered at a symposium held by the Becket Institute, St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford on Apr. 14-16, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index.

ISBN:

0415410185

9780415410182

0203947495

9780203947494

OCLC:

72147757