| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 323 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
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NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 43 |
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NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 43.
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| Contents |
Sect. 1, Historical change. Introduction / Alexandra Kent and David Chandler ; Buddhism and reform : imposed reforms and popular aspirations, some historical notes to aid reflection / Alain Forest ; Modernism and morality in the colonial era / Anne Hansen ; Truth, representation and the politics of memory after genocide / Alex L. Hinton -- Sect. 2, Desired ideals. Wat Preah Thammalanka and the legend of Lok Ta Nen / John Marston ; The recovery of the king / Alexandra Kent ; Between forests and families : a remembered past life / Erik Davis -- Sect. 3, Remaking moral worlds. Buddhist practice in rural Kandal Province, 1960 and 2003 : an essay in honor of May M. Ebihara / Judy Ledgerwood ; Reconstructing Buddhist temple buildings : an analysis of village Buddhism after the era of turmoil / Kobayashi Satoru ; The absence of elders : chaos and moral order in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge / Eve Zucker -- The moral geology of the present : structuring morality, menace and merit / Penny Edwards -- Sect. 4, Questions of changing culture. The scope and limitations of political participation by Buddhist monks / Heng Sreang ; Buddhist education today : progress and challenges / Ven Sovanratana ; Buddhism and corruption / Christine Nissen ; Development workers as agents of cultural change / Vandra Harris ; In search of the Dhammika ruler / Heng Monychenda |
| Summary |
"The importance of this volume is not only that it contributes to the new interest in religion in Cambodia but also because it places the religious revival in a nuanced social, cultural and political context and shows how Cambodia pursues order in large part through reference to her past."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Buddhism -- Cambodia -- History
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Buddhism and politics -- Cambodia
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Theravada.
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Buddhism
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Buddhism and politics
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Cambodia -- Religion
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Cambodia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kent, Alexandra.
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Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933-
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| ISBN |
9788776945510 |
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8776945510 |
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