Buddhist monk, buddhist layman: a study of urban monastic organization in central thailand
Auteur :
Bunnag, Jane
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521040648
Date de publication :
17 sept. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,3 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
353 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.