Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes /
Spiro, Melford E,
Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes / [print] Melford E. Spiro. - second, expandedition. edition. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1982. - xxiv, 510 pages ; 23 cm
I. PROLOGUE: Theravada Buddhism: -- an anthropological problem II. BUDDHISM AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM: -- Nibbanic Buddhism: a religion of radical salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: I : a religion of proximate salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: II : the central concept of merit -- Kammatic Buddhism: -- III : the key doctrine of karma -- Apotropaic Buddhism: a religion of magical protection -- Esoteric Buddhism: a religion of chiliastic expectations III. BUDDHISM A RITUAL SYSTEM: -- The Buddhist cultus: its generic attributes -- The ceremonial cycles: I : calendrical rituals -- The ceremonial cycles: II : Life-cycle rituals -- Crisis rituals IV. BUDDHISM A MONASTIC SYSTEM: -- Monasticism: I : the normative structure -- Monasticism: II : the social structure -- The monk: I : recruitment structure -- The monk: II : character structure -- The Sangha and the state -- The stats of the monkhood in Burmese society V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD: -- Buddhism and the world: a critique -- Buddhism and Burmese society.
9780520046719 9780520046726
81018522
GB8303691 bnb
008748854 Uk
Buddhism--Burma.
Buddhist sociology--Burma.
Buddha (The concept) Burma Buddhism Burma Buddhist sociology Burma
BL1443.S759.B833 1982
Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes / [print] Melford E. Spiro. - second, expandedition. edition. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1982. - xxiv, 510 pages ; 23 cm
I. PROLOGUE: Theravada Buddhism: -- an anthropological problem II. BUDDHISM AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM: -- Nibbanic Buddhism: a religion of radical salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: I : a religion of proximate salvation -- Kammatic Buddhism: II : the central concept of merit -- Kammatic Buddhism: -- III : the key doctrine of karma -- Apotropaic Buddhism: a religion of magical protection -- Esoteric Buddhism: a religion of chiliastic expectations III. BUDDHISM A RITUAL SYSTEM: -- The Buddhist cultus: its generic attributes -- The ceremonial cycles: I : calendrical rituals -- The ceremonial cycles: II : Life-cycle rituals -- Crisis rituals IV. BUDDHISM A MONASTIC SYSTEM: -- Monasticism: I : the normative structure -- Monasticism: II : the social structure -- The monk: I : recruitment structure -- The monk: II : character structure -- The Sangha and the state -- The stats of the monkhood in Burmese society V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD: -- Buddhism and the world: a critique -- Buddhism and Burmese society.
9780520046719 9780520046726
81018522
GB8303691 bnb
008748854 Uk
Buddhism--Burma.
Buddhist sociology--Burma.
Buddha (The concept) Burma Buddhism Burma Buddhist sociology Burma
BL1443.S759.B833 1982