The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Justin McDanielAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-01-07Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231153775ISBN-10:231153775UPC:9780231153775Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJV9WX8KS
The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand
Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time.
Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the...Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231153775ISBN-10:231153775UPC:9780231153775Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJV9WX8KS
Justin Thomas McDaniel is associate professor of Buddhist and Southeast Asian studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also taught at Ohio University and the University of California at Riverside. Chair of the Southeast Asian Studies Council and the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Association, and founder of the Thai Digital Monastery Project, McDaniel has lived and researched in...
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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