000 00343nam a2200133Ia 4500
999 _c147004
_d147004
020 _a0415410185
040 _cCUS
082 _a294.33720959
_bHAR/B
100 _aHarris, Ian
245 0 _aBuddhism, power and political order/
_cIan Harris
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bRoutledge,
_c2007.
300 _a237 p.
505 _a1 Introduction - Buddhism, power and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands IAN HARRIS 2 Idealism and pragmatism: A dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand VEN. KHAMMAI DHAMMASAMI 3 Rajadhamma confronts Loiathan: Burmese political theory in the 1870s ANDREW HUXLEY 4 Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma JULIANE SCHOBER 5 Reconstructing the Cambodian polity: Buddhism, kingship and the quest for legitimacy PETER GYALLAY-PAP 6 The Cambodian hospital for monks JOHN MARSTON 7 Buddhism, power and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos VOLKER GRABOWSKY 8 Past, present and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao PETER KORET 9 In defence of the nation: The cult of Nang Thoranee in northeast Thailand ELIZABETH GUTHRIE 10 King, sangha and brahmans: Ideology, ritual and power in pre-modern Siam PETER SKILLING
942 _cWB16