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Constituting Communities : Theravāda Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series in Buddhist StudiesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791487051
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Constituting CommunitiesDDC classification:
  • 294.3/91/095
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.S6 -- C66 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Explores how community is defined and how it functions among Theravada Buddhists in South and Southeast Asia.
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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.

Explores how community is defined and how it functions among Theravada Buddhists in South and Southeast Asia.

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