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Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes / Melford E. Spiro. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1982.Edition: second, expandedition. editionDescription: xxiv, 510 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780520046719
  • 9780520046726
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL1443.S759.B833 1982
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Contents:
an anthropological problem
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
The Buddhist cultus: its generic attributes -- The ceremonial cycles: I : calendrical rituals -- The ceremonial cycles: II : Life-cycle rituals -- Crisis rituals
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
Buddhism and the world: a critique -- Buddhism and Burmese society.
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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction BL1443.1.S759.B833 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 31923000516043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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