TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holt,John Clifford
AU  - Kinnard,Jacob N.
AU  - Walters,Jonathan S.
TI  - Constituting Communities: Theravāda Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia
T2  - SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies
SN  - 9780791487051
AV  - BQ4570.S6 -- C66 2003eb 
U1  - 294.3/91/095 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Buddhism-Social aspects-Southeast Asia
KW  - Buddhism-Social aspects-South Asia
KW  - Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
KW  - Theravāda Buddhism-History-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- CONSTITUTING COMMUNITIES -- Contents -- Introduction by John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard -- 1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History by Jonathan S.Walters -- 2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship: The Legend of Asandhimitta by John S. Strong -- 3. Beggars Can Be Choosers: Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings by Liz Wilson -- 4. The Insight Guide to Hell Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology by Julie Gifford -- 5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu by Jacob N. Kinnard -- 6. Minister of Defense?: The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka by John Clifford Holt -- 7. Localizing Lineage: Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia by Anne M. Blackburn -- 8. Preacher as a Poet: Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand by Mahinda Deegalle -- 9. "For Those Who Are Ignorant": A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla by Carol S. Anderson -- 10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha by James R. Egge -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
N2  - Explores how community is defined and how it functions among Theravada Buddhists in South and Southeast Asia
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ER  -