Champions of Buddhism: Weikza Cults in Contemporary Burma - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9971697807 ISBN 13 : 9789971697808

Editeur : NUS Press, 2014

Synopsis

Hidden at the margins of Burmese Buddhism and culture, the cults of the weikzaweikza in relation to the Vipassana insight meditation movement and conventional Buddhist practices, as well as the contemporary rise of Buddhist fundamentalism. Featuring research based on fieldwork only possible in recent years, paired with reflective essays by senior Buddhist studies scholars, this book situates the weikza cult in relation to broader Buddhist and Southeast Asian contexts, as the Burmese expressions of the weikza cults themselves. Champions of Buddhismopens the field to new questions, new problems, and new connections with the study of religion and Southeast Asia in general.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière is a researcher with the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), France, and is the current Director of the Center of Southeast Asia Studies in Paris, France.

Guillaume Rozenberg is with the Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), France.

Alicia Turner is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NUS Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9971697807
• ISBN 13: 9789971697808
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 285
• Éditeur: Perrière Bénédicte Brac De La, Rozenberg Guillaume, Turner Alicia
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible