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Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
by Bunnag, Jane, Fortes, Meyer, Goody, Jack
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelfwear. Small tear to head of front wrap. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521085915
- ISBN: 0521085918
- Publication Date: 1973
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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SUMMARY
Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised, namely, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Laos and Thailand.Bunnag, Jane is the author of 'Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)', published 1973 under ISBN 9780521085915 and ISBN 0521085918.
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