ISBN:
978-0-521-09958-5
,
978-0-521-07825-2
ISSN:
0068-6794
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 388 Seiten, 2 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First paperback edition 1975, re-issued in this digitally printed version
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology 2
Keywords:
Thailand Buddhismus
;
Religion
;
Religionssoziologie
;
Kult
;
Geist
;
Ritual und Zeremonie, buddhistisches
;
Tradition
;
Mythos
;
Kosmologie
;
Mönchtum
Description / Table of Contents:
List of tables -- List of illustrations -- 1. Introduction: the particular and the general -- 2. The stage and its setting -- 3. Cosmology -- 4. Primary village concepts -- 5. The institution of monkhood in historical perspective -- 6. The rules of conduct for monks, novices, and laymen -- 7. The phases of monkhood -- 8. The monastic routine and its rewards - 9. The ideology of merit -- 10. The cycle of collective wat rites and the agricultural calendar -- 11. Liberation through hearing: the sacred words of the monks -- 13. Sukhwan rites: the elders summon the spirit essence. -- 14. The co-existence of the brahman and the Buddhist monk -- 15. The cult of the guardian spirits -- 16. Myth and rite: the Naga symbol and the rocket festival -- 17. The afflictions caused by malevolent spirits -- 18. Exorcism as healing ritual -- 19. A kaleidoscopic view of the religious field .- 20. The parade of supernaturals -- 21. The past and present in the study of religion: continuities and transformations -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 379-384
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