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The new Buddhist religious movements of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke, emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty. This book explores why they have come into being, what they have reacted against and what they offer to their members.
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Genre |
: Education |
Author |
: Rory Mackenzie |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2007-01-24 |
File |
: 268 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781134132621 |
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A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: Donald K. Swearer |
Publisher |
: SUNY Press |
Release |
: 2010-01-06 |
File |
: 322 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781438432519 |
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This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity'; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity. Changes in the centre are also reverberating in the remaining forests and the monastic tradition of forest-dwelling which has sourced most of the nation's modern saints. The text is based on ethnography taking into account the rich variety of everyday practices in a mélange of the religious. In Thailand, Buddhism is so intimately interconnected with national identity and social, economic and ethno-political concerns as to be inseparable. Taylor argues here that in recent years there has been a marked reformulation of important conventional cosmologies through new and challenging Buddhist ideas and practices. These influences and changes are as much located outside as inside the Buddhist temples/monasteries.
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: Jim Taylor |
Publisher |
: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Release |
: 2008 |
File |
: 268 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0754662470 |
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BOOK EXCERPT:
This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai ’urbanity’; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity. Changes in the centre are also reverberating in the remaining forests and the monastic tradition of forest-dwelling which has sourced most of the nation’s modern saints. The text is based on ethnography taking into account the rich variety of everyday practices in a mélange of the religious. In Thailand, Buddhism is so intimately interconnected with national identity and social, economic and ethno-political concerns as to be inseparable. Taylor argues here that in recent years there has been a marked reformulation of important conventional cosmologies through new and challenging Buddhist ideas and practices. These influences and changes are as much located outside as inside the Buddhist temples/monasteries.
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: James Taylor |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2016-12-05 |
File |
: 248 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781351954433 |
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One of the most resilient ideas about societal development after World War II was that nations would inevitably secularise as they modernised. However, as we come to the end of the 'secular' twentieth century, it is obvious that religion continues to be an important factor in politics around the world. The author examines the continuing importance of religion, focusing upon the regions of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: Jeff Haynes |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2014-10-13 |
File |
: 297 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781317886662 |
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This book focuses upon those religions that continue to demand the attention of the Western world.
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Genre |
: Education |
Author |
: Lloyd Ridgeon |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2003-12-08 |
File |
: 399 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781134429356 |
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Many forms of Buddhism, divergent in philosophy and style, emerged as Buddhism filtered out of India into other parts of Asia. Nonetheless, all of them embodied an ethical core that is remarkably consistent. Articulated by the historical Buddha in his first sermon, this moral core is founded on the concept of karma—that intentions and actions have future consequences for an individual—and is summarized as Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood, three of the elements of the Eightfold Path. Although they were later elaborated and interpreted in a multitude of ways, none of these core principles were ever abandoned. The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Buddhist ethics in the twenty-first century. The Handbook discusses the foundations of Buddhist ethics focusing on karma and the precepts looking at abstinence from harming others, stealing, and intoxication. It considers ethics in the different Buddhist traditions and the similarities they share, and compares Buddhist ethics to Western ethics and the psychology of moral judgments. The volume also investigates Buddhism and society analysing economics, environmental ethics, and Just War ethics. The final section focuses on contemporary issues surrounding Buddhist ethics, including gender, sexuality, animal rights, and euthanasia. This groundbreaking collection offers an indispensable reference work for students and scholars of Buddhist ethics and comparative moral philosophy.
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: Daniel Cozort |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Release |
: 2018-03-20 |
File |
: 736 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780191063176 |
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In this study, a team of international scholars assess the manner in which Buddhist organizations and individuals have resisted, come to terms with, or in some cases allied themselves with the forces of war, modernity, westernization, nationalization, capitalism, communism, and ethnic conflict. By examining issues such as left-right divisions in the monastic order, the rise of organized lay movements, Buddhist social activism, as well as explicitly Buddhist inspired political activity, this book seeks to demonstrate that the emphasis on meditation and mental training is only one strand in this richly complex world historical tradition.
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: Ian Harris |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Release |
: 2001-08-22 |
File |
: 313 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780826451781 |
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The essays in Spirited Politics throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in contemporary Southeast Asian public life. Covering material from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, the contributors explore the calamities and ironies of Southeast Asian identity politics, examining the ways in which religion and politics are made to serve each other.
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Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: Andrew C. Willford |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Release |
: 2018-05-31 |
File |
: 218 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781501719486 |
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Completely revised since its first publication in 1996, this book is about the transformation of a country over one roller-coaster decade. It is about the econoics of boom and bust, but also about politics, social changes, and popular culture. "Digs much deeper than the superficial analyses of business trends . . . to explain how a whole society is being transformed by an industrial revolution of unprecedented speed."--Financial Times of London
Product Details :
Genre |
: Business & Economics |
Author |
: Pasuk Phongpaichit |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1998 |
File |
: 376 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCSD:31822026177501 |