TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gellner, David N.
TI  - The anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian themes
SN  - 9780195653571
U1  - 294.3 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Buddhism--Social aspects
KW  - Hinduism--Social aspects
N1  - Introduction --
PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES: Max Weber, capitalism, and the religion of India --
What is the anthropology of Buddhism about? --
Religion, politics, and ritual: remarks on Geertz and Bloch --
PART II: THE LEGITIMATION OF RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS: Priesthood and possession: Newar religion in the light of some Weberian concepts --
Monkhood and priesthood in Newar Buddhism --
The Newar Buddhist monastery: an anthropological and historical typology --
'The perfection of wisdom': a text and its uses in Kwa Bahah, Lalitpur --
PART III: FROM SOTERIOLOGY TO WORLDLY BENEFITS: Priests, healers, mediums, and witches: the context of possession in the Kathmandu Valley --
Portrait of a Tantric healer / with Uttam Sagar Shrestha --
Lay perspectives on health and misfortune in the Kathmandu Valley --
PART IV: HINDUISM AND HISTORY: Hinduism, tribalism, and the position of women: the problem of Newar identity --
From mandalic sacred centres to Communist strongholds! On the cities of the Kathmandu Valley --
Does symbolism 'Construct an urban mesocosm'? Robert Levy's Mesocosm and the question of value consensus in Blaktapur --
PART V: COMPARISON: For syncretism: the formation of Buddhism in Nepal and Japan compared --
Temples for life and temples for death: observations on some Shingon Buddhist temples in Tokyo
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