Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes / Melford E. Spiro. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1982.Edition: second, expandedition. editionDescription: xxiv, 510 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780520046719
- 9780520046726
- BL1443.S759.B833 1982
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Withdrawn | G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN | Non-fiction | BL1443.1.S759.B833 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 31923000516043 |
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.
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