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1 online resource |
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Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies ; 24 |
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Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies ; 24.
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Half Title page -- This page was intentionally left blank -- Full Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- This page was intentionally left blank -- List of Images -- 1. Introduction: Cajoleries, Non-Human Ontology and the Importance of Thin Description in the Study of Thai Buddhist Stuff -- This page was intentionally left blank -- 2. Creative Engagement: The Sujavaṇṇa Wua Luang and Its Contribution to Buddhist Literature -- 3. Ethnicity and the Galactic Polity: Ideas and Actualities in the History of Bangkok -- This page was intentionally left blank |
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4. Beautifully Buddhist and Betrothed: Marriage and Buddhism as Described in the Jātakas -- This page was intentionally left blank -- 5. The Bird in the Corner of hte Painting: Some Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study Buddhist Ornamental Art in Thailand -- This page was intentionally left blank -- 6. The Material Turn: An Introduction to Thai Sources for the Study of Buddhist Amulets -- This page was intentionally left blank -- 7. Strolling Through Temporary Temples: Modern Buddhist Art Installations in Thailand -- 8. This Hindu Holy Man is a Thai Buddhist |
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This page was intentionally left blank -- 9. Encountering Corpses: Notes on Zombies and the Living Dead in Buddhist Southeast Asia -- This page was intentionally left blank -- 10. Buddhist ""Nuns"" (mae chi) and the Teaching of Pali in Contemporary Thailand -- This page was intentionally left blank -- Bibliography -- This page was intentionally left blank -- Index |
| Summary |
When more than 93 per cent of the citizens of one country profess a single religion, as Thais do Buddhism, and when that religion is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, it becomes tempting to think of the religion as a textual, institutional, cultural and conceptual whole. But at the same time it is obvious that expressions of Buddhism in Thailand reflect anything but a single order: they are often gaudy, cacophonous, variegated, and jumbled: almost technicolor. Diversity and apparent contradiction are everywhere. A more open engagement with Buddhism in Thailand will r |
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Buddhism -- Thailand
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Buddhism and culture -- Thailand
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Buddhism and art -- Thailand
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Buddhism
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Buddhism and art
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Buddhism and culture
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Thailand
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789813251687 |
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9813251689 |
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