I. PROLOGUE: Theravada Buddhism: an anthropological problem -- II. BUDDHISM AS AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM: Nibbanic Buddhism: a religion of radical salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: I : a religion of proximate salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: II : the central concept of merit -- Kammatic Buddhism: III : the key doctrine of karma -- Apotropaic Buddhism: a religion of magical protection -- Esoteric Buddhism: a religion of chiliastic expectations -- III. BUDDHISM AS A RITUAL SYSTEM: The Buddhist cultus: its generic attributes -- The ceremonial cycles: I : calendrical rituals -- The ceremonial cycles: II : Life-cycle rituals -- Crisis rituals -- IV. BUDDHISM AS A MONASTIC SYSTEM: Monasticism: I : the normative structure -- Monasticism: II : the social structure -- The monk: I : recruitment structure -- The monk: II : character structure -- The Sangha and the state -- The stats of the monkhood in Burmese society -- V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD: Buddhism and the world: a critique -- Buddhism and Burmese society
Analysis
Buddha (The concept) Burma
Buddhism Burma
Buddhist sociology Burma
Burma Theravada Buddhism Social aspects
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Earlier ed published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972
